Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
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Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...
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This 69-Million-Year-Old Duck-like Skull Reveals How Modern Birds Survived the Dinosaurs
In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...
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These Are the Dinosaurs That Didn't Die
One ancient bird group that didn’t survive was the ... showcases the open cup design favored by most modern-day songbirds. In surprising work led by J. Jordan Price of St. Mary’s College ...
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Present-Day Arboreal Birds Have Ground-Dwelling Past
Besides fossils, Field’s team looked at the ecology of modern and prehistoric birds. Fossils of birds from the post-impact period are indicative of land birds like emus, which have strong legs.
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Image of the Day: Shrinking Dinosaurs
Birds are endothermic, or warm-blooded, animals—they can regulate their own body temperature. Dinosaurs, on the other hand, didn’t have as much of an ability to control their body temperature as ...
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Bird-like lungs may have helped dinosaurs thrive in prehistoric atmosphere
The study, published in Royal Society Open Science, compared dinosaur lungs to those of living crocodilians, such as crocodiles and alligator, and the lungs of modern-day bird species, such as the ...