How big brains and flexible skulls led to the evolution of modern birds
Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...
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Scientists Uncover a 69-Million-Year-Old Bird Skull—Could This Be the Oldest Modern Bird Ever?
The discovery of Vegavis iaai’s skull supports the theory that at least some modern bird lineages survived the extinction event and continued evolving into the species we see today. The story of ...
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45-million-year-old giant bird skull misidentified for decades, finally recognized
Paleontologists have uncovered an exceptionally complete skull of a massive bird that lived 45 million years ago. This fossilized skull belonged to now-extinct Diatryma, a flightless bird that ...