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December 9, 2010 ·
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Giant fossil bird found on 'hobbit' island
By T.K. RandallDecember 9, 2010 ·
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Fossils of a giant stork have been discovered on the same island as the human-like "hobbits".
The massive bird would have stood 1.8m tall and would have not only dwarfed Homo floresiensis but could have feasted on their young as well. The fossils place the stork at living on the island between 20,000 and 50,000 years ago.A giant marabou stork has been discovered on an island once home to human-like 'hobbits'. Fossils of the bird were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores, a place previously famed for the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a small hominin species closely related to modern humans.
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