Natural History Wanderings

The CBC reports

Scientists in Norway have discovered the almost perfectly preserved remains of a bird that soared the skies 4,200 years ago.

“It was very exciting,” Jorgen Rosvold, a researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, told As It Happens guest host Rosemary Barton.”I

t looks almost fresh. It looks like it died just yesterday or a few weeks ago — but, actually, it’s over 4,000 years old.”

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