They find in Spain the fossil remains of an extinct boreal bird 24,000 years ago

Geraldine Ramirez - La República - 12/04
The finding, occurred in the mountains of Prades (Tarragona), confirms that species of Arctic climates came to inhabit southern Europe during the last glaciation, when the continent faced extremely cold conditions.

A recent study headed by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoncology and Social Evolution (IPHES-CERCA) identified the fossil remains of the Pinicola Enucleator, a kind of extinct boreal bird that inhabited more than 24,000 years ago. The discovery was thanks to excavations made in the COVA of the Cudó de Mont-ral, in the mountai...
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