Ancient Penguin Brains from Antarctica
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Today, a new research article on fossil penguin brains is available at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. I'm pleased to have been part of this study, led by Dr. Claudia Tambussi and Dr. Federico "Dino" Degrange. We looked at three Eocene fossil skulls from Antarctica, each belonging to a 34 million year old penguin. These…
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Dan Ksepka, March of the Fossil Penguins
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Penguin supercolony discovered in Antarctica
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Possible Self-awareness in Wild Adélie Penguins Pygoscelis adeliae ¶
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Giant penguin fossil shows bird was taller than most humans, Fossils
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Penguin viruses in the frozen continent Pursuit by The University of Melbourne
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Penguins Smithsonian Ocean
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Giant Penguin Discovered In Antarctica
New fossil skulls reveal insights about pengu
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Diving into Fossil Penguin Brains
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