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A rare skull of an extinct ‘thunderbird’ is discovered in Australia

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Sign up for CNN’s Science of Miracles newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. For more than a century, scientists have been searching without success for skull fossils of the thunderbird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal term for … Read more

Australia’s extinct ‘thunderbird’ was a giant goose, skull reveals

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Sign up for CNN’s Science of Miracles newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN – For more than a century, scientists have been searching without success for skull fossils of the thunderbird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal … Read more