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Archaeopteryx. Artwork of the prehistoric feathered reptile Archaeopteryx which lived around 150 million years ago. Discovered in 1861 in southern Germany, it was the first feathered fossil specimen ever found. Despite possessing bird-like feathers, wings and a wishbone, Archaeopteryx also had sharp teeth, finger digits and a bony tail similar to non-bird predatory dinosaurs. This species and numerous other feathered fossils support the theory that modern day birds evolved from prehistoric theropod dinosaurs.

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New ��˾þ� recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds

Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte's The Story of Birds offers an excellent and sometimes startling account of bird evolution, finds Michael Marshall

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Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur, illustration

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We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms

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The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch

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The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch

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Why birds are the only surviving dinosaurs

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Why birds are the only surviving dinosaurs

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2M3EH4G A recreation of various fighting dinosaurs. Detail of a diorama at the Gorodskoy Muzey, Museum, in Temirtau, Kazakhstan.

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Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought

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Dinosaurs could survive in cold conditions, as illustrated by Beipiaosaurus, a feathered dinosaur that lived between 127 and 121 million years ago

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Giant Arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination

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The evolving science of dinosaurs

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The evolving science of dinosaurs

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Fossil skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex

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The shocking fossils that show T. rex wasn't the king of the dinosaurs

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What we still get wrong about dinosaurs

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What we still get wrong about dinosaurs

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Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken

The alvarezsaurs were thought to have evolved a smaller stature because of their diet of ants and termites, but a new fossil found in Argentina casts doubt on that theory

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New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs

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Have scientists finally figured out Spinosaurus?

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T. rex took 40 years to become fully grown

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6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025

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