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Sometimes ancestry tests reveal surprising family connections – even for extinct animals. When Museum researchers analyzed DNA from an extinct Caribbean bird, they were blown away by to discover its closest relatives live in Africa and the South Pacific. #FLMNHScienceNews Extinct Animals, South Pacific, Extinction, Hail, Ancestry, Dna, Mushrooms, Caribbean, The Globe

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Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific

In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family members of an extinct bird known as the Haitian cave-rail are not in the Americas, but Africa and the South Pacific,…
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Sometimes ancestry tests reveal surprising family connections – even for extinct animals. When Museum researchers analyzed DNA from an extinct Caribbean bird, they were blown away by to discover its closest relatives live in Africa and the South Pacific. #FLMNHScienceNews

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Sometimes ancestry tests reveal surprising family connections – even for extinct animals. When Museum researchers analyzed DNA from an extinct Caribbean bird, they were blown away by to discover its closest relatives live in Africa and the South Pacific. #FLMNHScienceNews

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