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    • Skull of an eastern moa.
    Rights: Te Papa, CC BY 4.0 Published 16 September 2022 Size: 990 KB Referencing Hub media

    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).

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