History never ceases to surprise us with the passage of time and the discoveries that come to light. The latest one has been ...

Newly discovered feathers were crucial to how Archaeopteryx was able to fly. Archaeopteryx is the fossil that helped confirm ...

A new fossil discovered has given scientists a sensational picture into how relatives of the dinosaurs evolved into modern day birds.

A new Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx is a remarkable fossil, the “best preserved” of its kind, in fact. That’s according to palaeontologist Prof Jingmai O’Connor, who’s something of an expert in the transition ...

A new fossil of archaeopteryx, the iconic Jurassic-era species, has been revealed, offering fresh insights into the early ...

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Researchers from China and the United States have shed new light on the ancient evolutionary transition from dinosaurs to ...

The Chicago specimen is the smallest Archaeopteryx ever discovered, about the size of a pigeon. It was found in limestone ...

Scientists have analysed a new Archaeopteryx fossil. This fossil reveals specialised feathers. These feathers aided in flight ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx features more soft tissue and delicate skeletal details than any known fossil of its kind, and ...

Recently, a joint Chinese–American research team led by Dr. HU Han from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the ...