New DNA technology allows greater study of moa

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 6:36p.m.

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A group of New Zealand scientists have been part of a big breakthrough in moa DNA extraction.

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17 Mar 2010 06:09a.m.

GO wrote:

Pity they didn't credit the team at Murdoch University in Perth (particularly one very clever Kiwi girl doing her PHd who authored the paper) who did the real work on this. But great to see Kiwis nonetheless involved in this groundbreaking work. Well done.

12 Mar 2010 10:15a.m.

Bruce Williamson wrote:

I found the 1770 date very interesting David. How do you substantiate this claim please?

11 Mar 2010 08:23p.m.

David Monagan wrote:

Two big errors here I thjink. First of all, Moa egg shell is NOT fossilised, it is just old egg shell. I have some. In fossils the material has been replaced by minerals and become rock. Secondly, Moas did not die out 6 or 7 hundred years agoi, but about 1770, just before Europeans arrived. The Maori arrived about 700 years ago and lived off moa until they became extinct. The moa died out about 300 years ago It is disapointing to find glaring errors, esp with regard to fossils when in fact they are not.