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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Julia Musto

Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago

A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists say is the oldest known modern bird.

An early relative of the continent’s ducks and geese, it lived off the Antarctic coast during the Cretaceous Period, at around the same time as the famous Tyrannosaurus rex.

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