Extinct ‘thunderbird’ from Australia was a giant goose, skull revealed | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — For more than a century, scientists have been hunting in vain for skull fossils of the thunderbird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal … Read more

A million-year-old skull found in China could be a ‘Dragon Man’

A mysterious ancient hominid skull found in China may have been the love child of two species, according to researchers. They believe the 900,000-year-old individual was a hybrid – part us, Homo sapien, and part Homo longi, a long-lost species known as the ‘Dragon Man’. The skull, dubbed ‘the Yunxian Man’ after the Yunyang district … Read more