Human-sized penguin fossils identified in New Zealand

China Plus Published: 2019-08-15 17:02:31
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This photo published by the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, shows a model of a 1.6-meter-tall giant penguin compared with a woman of average height. Scientists identified Crossvallia waiparensis, one of the world's oldest-known penguin species, and also one of the largest, from fossils in Waipara, North Canterbury in New Zealand. [Photo: epa via IC]

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