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The early evolution of birds has long been a mystery due to the limited fossil record. Two bird fossils dating back 149 million years to the Jurassic era have been unearthed in Fujian Province ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...

Radiocarbon dating revealed that the bird was around 46,000 years old. A genetic analysis determined it was a horned lark (Eremophila alpestris). The bird's remarkable preservation was due to the ...