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Prehistoric New Guineans May Have Collected Cassowary Eggs to Hatch and Rear Chicks
As early as 18,000 years ago, early foragers in the montane rainforests of New Guinea preferentially collected eggs of cassowaries (Casuarius sp.) in late stages of embryonic growth and may have hatched them to rear chicks, according to an analysis of ancient eggshells from two Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene rock shelter sites in eastern New Guinea.…
September 28, 2021