[Rockhounds] 46,000-year-old bird found frozen in Siberia

[gary brown]

Did you even read the article?  They even got DNA out of the bird.  

gcb

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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] 46,000-year-old bird found frozen in Siberia

Not quite understanding the excitement.   Who is startled at finding out there were birds 46,000 years ago?

Dora

On 2/23/20 2:46 PM, Paul wrote:
> 46,000-year-old bird found frozen in
> Siberia sheds light on the end of the ice age By Marisa Lati, The 
> Washington Post 
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/02/22/46000-year-old-bird-found-frozen-siberia-sheds-lightend-ice-age/
>
>
> Dussex, N., Stanton, D.W.G., Sigeman, H. et al. Biomolecular
>  analyses reveal the age, sex and species identity of a near-intact 
> Pleistocene bird carcass. Commun Biol 3, 84 (2020).
> https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0806-7
> https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-0806-7
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
>
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