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Penguin Skull
Period: Miocene
Age: 10 million years
Region: Chile
Penguins, certainly the most well-known marine birds, represent the most numerous communi-
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ty living on the polar ice. These living things have to live in temperatures of around -40 C, but
with the special characteristics they possess they survive under those difficult conditions with
no difficulty. Penguins are protected from the cold by waterproof feathers that cover most of
their bodies. These and a thick layer of fat beneath their skin provide them with excellent ther-
mal insulation. Fossil penguins show that these animals have had exactly the same bodily struc-
ture for millions of years. This 10-million-year-old fossil penguin is one such piece of evidence.
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