The birds that laid the eggs weighed up to 1 ton.
A DNA examination of fossil eggshells more than 1,000 years old provided new insights about extinct elephant birds from Madagascar, according to aThe research advances our understanding of the evolution and distribution of elephant birds on the island. It also raises the possibility of a previously undiscovered lineage of the bird.
When skeleton fossils are scarce, examination of ancient DNA retained in eggshells is a promising source of knowledge. For instance, earlier studies have proven that the kiwi and elephant birds are related.
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