Early humans may have shared Europe with a giant bird
Cosmos Magazine - Thu 27 Jun 19Fossilised remains suggest it was 10 times heavier than an emu. Dyani Lewis reports.
Big birds: Giant, 1,000-pound birds once roamed around Europe
Phys.org - Thu 27 Jun 19Talk about your big bird.
Big birds: Giant, 1,000-pound birds once roamed around Europe, USA today - Thu 27 Jun 19Really Big Bird Found In Crimea
Discover Magazine - Thu 27 Jun 19Artist's rendering of the Black Sea big bird Pachystruthio, which researchers estimate was comparable to Madagascar's elephant birds and New Zealand's moa. (Credit: Andrey Atuchin) Towering ...
Flightless bird three times the size of an ostrich used to roam Europe
Newscientist - Thu 27 Jun 19A huge flightless bird called Pachystruthio dmanisensis lived in eastern Europe 1.8 million years ago, just when hominins first entered the continent from Africa
Birds taller than elephants may have once lived alongside human beings - CNET
CNET - Mon 1 Jul 19It weighed as much as a modern polar bear, and could have walked among the earliest human beings.
The five: extinct megafauna
The Guardian - Sun 30 Jun 19Following last week’s discovery of the remains of a giant bird, we look at some of the most formidable beasts on recordLast week, researchers published a paper about the remains of a giant ...
Fossil of 'super bird,' three times larger than ostrich, discovered
FOXNews - Thu 27 Jun 19Researchers have recently discovered the fossils of one of the largest birds that ever lived, estimating it weighed nearly 1,000 pounds and stood more than 10 feet tall.
Extinct 11-Foot 'Super-Ostrich' Was As Massive As a Polar Bear
Livescience - Thu 27 Jun 19The brawny bird lived alongside humans, who may have hunted the giant.
Bird three times the size of an ostrich lived in Europe two million years ago, study suggests
Daily Mail - Thu 27 Jun 19Researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences say the bird weighed about 70 stone and believe it may have been a source of meat, bones, feathers and eggshell for early humans.
Ancient Bird Weighed Nearly 1,000 Pounds but Could Still Haul Ass Like an Ostrich
Gizmodo - Thu 27 Jun 19Paleontologists working in Crimea have uncovered evidence of the largest bird ever found in Europe. Standing taller than an elephant and weighing nearly 1,000 pounds, this enormous bird could ...