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Scientists track the brain-skull transition from dinosaurs to birds
The dramatic, dinosaur-to-bird transition that occurred in reptiles millions of years ago was accompanied by profound changes in the skull roof of those animals — and holds important clues about the way the skull forms in response to changes in … Continue reading
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New dinosaur discovery suggests new species roosted together like modern birds
The Mongolian Desert has been known for decades for its amazing array of dinosaurs, immaculately preserved in incredible detail and in associations that give exceedingly rare glimpses at behavior in the fossil record. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
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New dinosaur discovery suggests new species roosted together like modern birds
The Mongolian Desert has been known for decades for its amazing array of dinosaurs, immaculately preserved in incredible detail and in associations that give exceedingly rare glimpses at behavior in the fossil record. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News … Continue reading
How dinosaurs may have evolved into birds
A possible genetic mechanism underlying the evolution of birds has been discovered by scientists. Studies of dinosaur fossils that show bird-like traits, such as feathers, light bones, air sacs and three-digit forelimbs, clarified evolutionary kinship of birds and dinosaurs. However, … Continue reading
How Did Dinosaurs Evolve Into Birds?
Comparison between the air sacs of Majungasaurus and a bird (duck) Tohoku University researchers and their international collaborators have identified a possible genetic mechanism underlying the evolution of birds, according to a recently published study in Nature Communications. Studies of … Continue reading
New research disproves common assumption on cranial joints of alligators, birds, dinosaurs
Although alligators, birds and dinosaurs have a similar skull-joint shape, this does not guarantee that their movements are the same. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
‘Red gene’ in birds, turtles suggests dinosaurs had bird-like color vision
A gene for red colour vision that originated in the reptile lineage around 250 million years ago has resulted in the bright red bird feathers and ‘painted’ turtles we see today, and may be evidence that dinosaurs could see as … Continue reading
Evolution of flight in birds
New research challenges a long-held hypotheses about how flight first developed in birds. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Color vision helps birds find good food and the right partner
The researchers have established that chickens – just like people – have colour constancy. For birds, this means that they, in different environments and under different lighting conditions, recognise the colour of, for instance, berries and can thereby distinguish those … Continue reading
Do bearded dragons dream? Reptiles share sleep patterns with mammals and birds
Brain sleep appeared early in vertebrate evolution. Researchers describe the existence of REM and slow-wave sleep in the Australian dragon, with many common features with mammalian sleep: a phase characterized by low frequency/high amplitude average brain activity and rare and … Continue reading