Archeology
Ancient penguin discovered in New Zealand
Scientists have discovered that fossils act like a missing link in the evolution of penguins, after they evolved from dinosaurs.
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Archeology
Found an ancient penguin as large as a human
The team estimates, at a height of 1.77m and weighs more than 100kg, this is the world's largest penguin species and lived about 55-60 million years ago.
Archeology
Giant penguins may have lived at the same time as dinosaurs
Experts from the Canterbury Museum in New Zealand and the Senckenberg Institute in Frankfurt are currently studying the fossil skeleton believed to be the lower limb of…
Archeology
Find the big penguin record
The giant penguin that lived 40 million years ago is about the size of the emperor penguin, with a height of about 2m from the foot to the nose.
Animal world
Ancient penguins used to live in hot countries
The distant cousins of today's giant sized penguins and living in warm climates in Peru 30 million years ago. One of the ancient birds has a car