June 29 2007 |
by Surfrider Foundation
Reconstructions of the first Paleogene penguins next
to present day penguins.
"Giant prehistoric penguins? In Peru? It sounds more like something out of Hollywood than science, but a researcher from North Carolina State University along with U.S., Peruvian and Argentine collaborators has shown that two heretofore undiscovered penguin species reached equatorial regions tens of millions of years earlier than expected and during a period when the earth was much warmer than it is now," excerpt from article.