Archive for January 23rd, 2014

Old Bird, New World: Did the South American Hoatzins Originate in Europe?

The oldest fossil discoveries from France show that hoatzins once existed in Europe. Where did hoatzins come from? These unusual birds, only one species of which exists in South America today, originated in the Old World. Studies of the oldest known fossils of Hoatzin ancestors have now shown that these birds existed around 34 million […]