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Fossil feathers preserve evidence of color (7/9/2008)

Fossil feathers preserve evidence of colorThe traces of organic material found in fossil feathers are remnants of pigments that once gave birds their color ...> Full Article


Palaeontologist resurrects the Dodo and the lost Garden of Eden (5/13/2008)

A study which offers a unique snapshot of man's dramatic impact on the planet is published in a new book this week ...> Full Article



New fossil bird found (5/2/2008)

New fossil bird foundThe new bird, Eoconfuciusornis is the oldest known confuciusornithid, a group unique to China ...> Full Article



Researchers Map Prehistoric Giants' Family Tree, Confirm Dinosaurs Evolutionary Link to Birds (4/25/2008)

Researchers Map Prehistoric Giants' Family Tree, Confirm Dinosaurs Evolutionary Link to BirdsT. rex -> bird relationship derived exclusively from collagen protein sequence data ...> Full Article


Clovis-age overkill didn't take out California's flightless sea duck (3/18/2008)

Scientists cite radiocarbon dating of bones at coastal archaeological sites ...> Full Article


Birds may not have clawed their way up the evolutionary tree (11/17/2007)

Researchers have clipped the wings of the idea that the ancestors of modern birds were tree dwellers. ...> Full Article


Why dinosaurs had fowl breath (11/8/2007)

Scientists have discovered how dinosaurs used to breathe in what provides clues to how they evolved and how they might have lived. ...> Full Article


Earliest Birds Acted More Like Turkeys Than Common Cuckoos (11/6/2007)

Earliest Birds Acted More Like Turkeys Than Common CuckoosThe earliest birds acted more like turkeys than common cuckoos, according to a new report. By comparing the claw curvatures of ancient and modern birds, the researchers provide new evidence that the evolutionary ancestors of birds primarily made their livings on the ground rather than in trees. ...> Full Article


Tracing the Roots of the California Condor (11/3/2007)

Tracing the Roots of the California CondorAt the end of the Pleistocene epoch some 10,000 years ago, two species of condors in California competed for resources amidst the retreating ice of Earth's last major glacial age. The modern California condor triumphed, while its kin expired. ...> Full Article

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