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‘Weird and wonderful’: Antarctic fossil forces scientists to redraw the bird family tree
In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...
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Glaucia Del-Rio joins the Florida Museum of Natural History as curator of ornithology
Glaucia Del-Rio officially stepped into her role as curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History ...
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...
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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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Ancient bird skull from Antarctica might be from early duck relative
An Antarctic discovery might offer new insights into the origins of modern birds. The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN17h
Are Humans the Only Species to Drive Others to Extinction? And More Questions From Our Readers
Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...
Earliest Bird Discovery May Settle Long-Running Mystery
"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.
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Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds
A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...
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Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...
Natural History Museum crowns winner Wildlife Photographer of the Year: See photos
The Natural History Museum in London revealed that the winning photograph of this year's wildlife contest depicted an ...
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Scientists discover skull of oldest known modern bird
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
Fossilised 69-million-year-old skull of oldest known modern bird discovered
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...