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150-year-old mystery about the identity of an 'extinct' giant crane solved
Source: Phys.org · Published

Scientists at Bournemouth University (BU) have solved a 150-year-old mystery about the identity of an extinct giant crane that lived in Europe over 20,000 years ago. The work is published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
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