Bird comes back from extinction

[MelissaSR]

Pretty cool article

Extinct Bird Comes 'Back from the Dead' After 136,000 Years After Evolving Again

How is this possible? The culprit for the bird's respawning ability is iterative evolution.

interestingengineering.com

 

[Michael]

So this species basically re-evolved...? Crazy!!

 

[Dragonborn Exotics (Ryan)]

I read this the other day and it was very fascinating article! From what it souned like is the original species that evolved into this flightless island bird is capable of migrating back to this island and re-evolving if the evolved form on the island has been decimated.