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New type of flying reptile discovered

'Missing link' pterosaur found in China

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of researchers from the University of Leicester (UK), and the Geological Institute, Beijing (China) have identified a new type of flying reptile - providing the first ...


Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less “bird-like” than scientists had believed.


Origin of birds confirmed by exceptional new dinosaur fossils

Origin of birds confirmed by exceptional new dinosaur fossils

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese scientists today reveal the discovery of five remarkable new feathered dinosaur fossils which are significantly older than any previously reported. The new finds are indisputably older ...


In search of the original flapper... new theory on evolution of flight

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Manchester scientist has put forward a controversial new way of tackling a typically Darwinian chicken and egg question - the evolution of flapping flight in birds.


Life is tweet: first bird had hearing like an emu's

High-tech imaging of inner ear sheds light on hearing, behavior of oldest fossil bird

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The earliest known bird, the magpie-sized Archaeopteryx, had a similar hearing range to the modern emu, which suggests that the 145 million-year-old creature — despite its reptilian teeth and long tail — was ...