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Giant Penguins Once Lived In New Zealand — And Scientists May Finally Know Why They’re Gone
The fossil belongs to an ancestor of modern emperor and king penguins, who once lived in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
The newly-discovered penguin species went extinct when the ice age hit, but researchers don't think the cold was to blame for their demise.
Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays's great penguins — emperors and kings — lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilized ...
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