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We've got new knowledge about the whakapapa of kokako, huia, and tieke saddlebacks. They're all part of the Wattle bird family, unique to Aotearoa. A Otago based study has analysed the bird's mitogenomes to discover they arrived here 20 million years ago Dr Nic Rawlence, Director at Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory talks to Jesse about what their research tells them about Aotearoa's very early days.
We’ve got new knowledge about the whakapapa of kokako, huia, and tieke saddlebacks.
They’re all part of the Wattle bird family, unique to Aotearoa.
A Otago based study has analysed the bird’s mitogenomes to discover they arrived here 20 million years ago.
Dr Nic Rawlence, Director at Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory talks to Jesse about what their research tells them about Aotearoa’s very early days.
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