First bird to roam Earth after dinosaurs were killed by asteroid revealed and it’s a relative of much-loved species
THE long-lost forefather of the beloved duck and goose has been discovered, after outliving the hardy dinosaurs. The ...
69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica is oldest ‘modern’ bird
The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the ...
The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record
Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...
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Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
Skull of ancient bird Vegavis is 69 million years old Key traits define Vegavis as anatomically modern bird Antarctica had a temperate climate during Cretaceous Period Feb 5 (Reuters) - Near the ...
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Dino Birds
Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today’s only living dinosaurs. Why are birds the only dinosaurs still alive today? Rare fossil discoveries are revealing the ...
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Rare bird skull from the age of dinosaurs helps illuminate avian evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...
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The real Jurassic dinos: Is it a dinosaur or a bird?
Birds are dinosaurs that actually survived the mass ... For example, apart from feathers, T. rex should have a thicker, meatier tail. But, Pittman says you don’t necessarily expect the dinosaurs ...
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Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
Birds evolved during the Jurassic Period from small feathered dinosaurs. The oldest-known bird, Archaeopteryx, dates to about 150 million years ago. With a mouthful of teeth and long bony tails ...