Articles for tag: Archaeopteryx, extinct animals, Fossils, Paleontology, Wildlife Evolution

Scientists Just Found How One Fossil May Prove Flight Evolved Multiple Times

Jan Otte

Few fossils have transformed our understanding of evolution as radically as Archaeopteryx, the famous “first bird” that obliterated the dividing line between dinosaurs and contemporary birds. Today, a newly re-examined specimen, the 14th ever found, is re authoring the history of flight itself. In exquisite detail, this fossil shows previously unseen aspects of Archaeopteryx’s feathers, ...