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Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Aerodynamic analysis causes a rethink of the biggest pterosaur - Aerodynamic Analysis Causes a Rethink of the Biggest Pterosaur      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers shed light on the way Quetzalcoatlus would have flown, finding that the dinosaur's flyin...

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Brains and brawn helped crows and ravens take over the world - Brains and Brawn Helped Crows and Ravens Take Over the World      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Crows and ravens have great flying ability, which allows them to gain access to new places more easi...

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Dinosaur faces and feet may have popped with color - Dinosaur Faces and Feet May Have Popped with Color      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A study finds that there is a 50 percent chance that the common ancestor of birds and dinosaurs had...

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Endangered songbird challenging assumptions about evolution - Endangered Songbird Challenging Assumptions About Evolution      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research looked at a newly discovered, endangered songbird located only in South America -- the...

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Giant lizards learnt to fly over millions of years - Giant Lizards Learnt to Fly Over Millions of Years      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Most detailed every study into how animals evolve to better suit their environments shows that ptero...

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Flightless bird species at risk of extinction - Flightless Bird Species at Risk of Extinction      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Bird species that have lost the ability to fly through evolution have become extinct more often than...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Ancient blanket made with 11,500 turkey feathers - Ancient Blanket Made with 11,500 Turkey Feathers      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research sheds light on the production of an 800-year-old turkey feather blanket and explores th...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Henderson island fossils reveal new Polynesian sandpiper species - Henderson Island Fossils Reveal New Polynesian Sandpiper Species      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Fossil bones collected in the early 1990s on Henderson Island, part of the Pitcairn Group, have reve...

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New research bites holes into theories about Megalodons - New Research Bites Holes into Theories about Megalodons      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon,...

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New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress - New Dinosaur Showed Descendants How to Dress to Impress      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it she...

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Mammoths, meet the metaverse - Mammoths, Meet the Metaverse: How Virtual Reality is Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Paleontologists from La Brea Tar Pits develop a whole herd of scientifically accurate extinct animal...

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Humans disrupting 66-million-year-old feature of ecosystems - Humans Disrupting 66-Million-Year-Old Feature of Ecosystems      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Human-related extinctions of the largest herbivores and carnivores are disrupting what appears to be...

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Genetic evolution doesn't always take millions of years - Genetic Evolution: It Doesn't Always Take Millions of Years      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Love them or hate them, there's no doubt the European Starling is a wildly successful bird. A new st...

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New kangaroo described -- from Papua New Guinea - New Kangaroo Described - From Papua New Guinea      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Australian palaeontologists have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo from the mountains o...