69-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bird Skull in Antarctica Sheds Light on Waterfowl Evolution
A fossilised bird skull found in Antarctica reveals evolutionary links between Vegavis iaai and modern waterfowl species.
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This 69-Million-Year-Old Duck-like Skull Reveals How Modern Birds Survived the Dinosaurs
The discovery of a 69-million-year-old bird fossil is reshaping our understanding of avian evolution.
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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 ...
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Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...
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The fossil skull that rocked the world – 100 years later scientists are grappling with the Taung find’s complex colonial legacy
He painstakingly removed a fossil skull from this material. A year later, on 7 February 1925, he published his description of what he argued was a new hominin species, Australopithecus africanus ...
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Fake skull found with antisemitic message on Connecticut sidewalk
NBC Connecticut states that the Halloween-type skull allegedly had an antisemitic message written on it. It was found on a sidewalk in the area of Olive and Greene Street. New Haven police say it ...
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These Paleolithic Skulls Had Odd Tooth Damage. One Anthropologist Says It was Caused By Cheek Piercings.
Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s Pavlovian people have long been noted for their damaged teeth, with wear patterns evident along their outer surfaces. A new study posits a theory that this ...
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Fossil bird skull suggests Antarctic waterfowl survived Cretaceous mass extinction
The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...