Fossil Of Oldest Modern Bird Discovered In Antarctica. It's 68 Million Years Old
This finding has shed new light on the evolutionary past of birds and revealed critical information about their survival and ...
Scientists Just Found The Oldest Modern Bird Buried in the Antarctic Ice
For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...
Fossil of oldest known modern bird uncovered in Antarctica, offers new evolutionary clues
A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits ...
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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 ...
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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69-Million-Year-Old Antarctic Fossil Unveils the Oldest Modern Bird
A 69-million-year-old Antarctic fossil proves some birds thrived before the dinosaurs’ extinction, reshaping avian evolution ...
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Greater Lafayette hosts Valentine's Day hot spots for lovebirds of every sort
Trinity Rooksberry, a host at the bistro, gave a rundown of the Valentine’s Day dinner. The first course is crab meat with an ...
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World Greek Language Day: Over 37,000 Foreign Students Have Learned Greek
World Greek Language Day, celebrated on February 9, marks the death of national poet Dionysios Solomos. The School of Modern ...
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Ancient Antarctic fossil reveals Earth’s oldest modern bird
Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.
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Ph.D. student fact-checks disturbing claim about wind turbines: '[It's] important to put that into context'
Some have spread deceptive claims about wind turbines killing birds, but the number of deaths is actually infinitesimally small.
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Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...
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Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird Discovered in Antarctica
A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest ...