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Scientists Resolve Identity of Europe’s Ice Age Giant Crane

Scientists Resolve Identity of Europe’s Ice Age Giant Crane

Bournemouth University researchers have identified the species behind an extinct giant crane that lived in Europe over 20,000 years ago. The finding closes a 150-year taxonomic mystery about the bird’s true lineage.

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Study has solved a 150-year-old mystery into the identity of the extinct giant crane