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Archeopteryx dinosaurs fly like pheasants
Archeology

Archeopteryx dinosaurs fly like pheasants

An international research team used strong X-rays to look inside the bone of the species, showing that they are nearly empty, like modern birds.

December 17, 2018
Decode the mystery of flying dinosaurs
Archeology

Decode the mystery of flying dinosaurs

A study published recently in Nature shows that many dinosaurs have the ability to fly, not just Archeopteryx, a feathered dinosaur that is still considered the ancestor…

December 17, 2018
What color does prehistoric birds have?
Archeology

What color does prehistoric birds have?

Recently, scientists have identified and detected pigmented particles called melanosomes in bird fossils very early as well as in some dinosaurs and they predict the col…

December 17, 2018
Waterbirds are dinosaurs?
Archeology

Waterbirds are dinosaurs?

Archeopteryx, the ancestor of the water bird, is long believed to be the earliest bird present on earth, probably not ... birds.

December 17, 2018
Ancient birds fly with 4 wings
Archeology

Ancient birds fly with 4 wings

The oldest bird known to humans has feathers on their feet, allowing it to use these legs as an extra pair of wings,

December 17, 2018
Ancestors of birds - Archeopteryx
Archeology

Ancestors of birds - Archeopteryx

How did birds evolve? This is a difficult topic of science. Birds have soft bones that fly in the air, have few fossil occasions, so fossil records of bird roots are rar…

December 17, 2018