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Skull of an eastern moa

Genetic information can be obtained from moa bones even after thousands of years.

Eastern Moa, Emeus crassus, collected Pyramid Valley, New Zealand. Te Papa (S.000470).

Rights: Te Papa, CC BY 4.0

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