Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new research.
This 69-Million-Year-Old Duck-like Skull Reveals How Modern Birds Survived the Dinosaurs
In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that rewrites the story of modern birds. The nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized bird that lived 69 million years ago,
Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago
Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago - Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for humanity’s understanding of life when dinosaurs roamed the planet
Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a team of researchers has analyzed a 69-million-year-old fossil belonging to the long-extinct bird Vegavis iaai that could put the discussion to rest.
Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds
A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study has found. The fossil is a specimen of a species called Vegavis iaai, which lived around 69 million years ago – more than 2 million years before the mass extinction that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs.
Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and geese that lived 69 million years ago
The fossil skull that rocked the world – 100 years later scientists are grappling with the Taung find’s complex colonial legacy
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Butte designer creates T-Rex skull on display at library with 3-D printer
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Human skull found in Birmingham in 2020 identified as woman missing since 2005
The Birmingham Police Department is investigating the discovery of a human skull found in a wooded area near the intersection ...
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Human skull found five years ago in Birmingham woods identified as missing woman
A skull discovered in a wooded area of Birmingham five years ago has been identified as that of a woman who had been missing since 2005. Juanisha Latonya Wesley, who was 25 at the time, was last seen ...
Titanium horse, massive skull: American Dream art gallery displays unique sculpture
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6-year-old’s skull, spine crushed when tree branch fell on him at IN school, suit says
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Dogs find human skull with bullet hole — sparking murder probe: ‘It still had hair on it’
It was kind of gross, because it still had pieces of hair on it,” new mom Paulina Mejia, 21, told The New York Post about the ...
Skull found by hunter in 2010 identified as dad missing since 1998, Tennessee cops say
A skull found by a hunter in the Tennessee woods in 2010 has now been identified as belonging to a 23-year-old dad who ...
Human skull found in 2020 identified as Birmingham woman missing since 2005
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - A human skull discovered in Birmingham in 2020 has been revealed to belong to a Birmingham woman missing since 2005. On Dec. 21, 2020, the skull belonging to Juanisha ...
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Michigan man accused of fracturing puppy’s skull, hip, leg
Corbin Miller of Manistee was charged with third-degree killing/torturing of an animal and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a ...