Discovering the traits of extinct birds

ScienceDaily
Nov 27, 2024, 4:57 pm123 pts
Analysis of 216 extinct species by biologists found birds endemic to islands, occupied ecologically specific niche, lacking flight, with large bodies and sharply angled wings were the ones likely to disappear the soonest after 1500.

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