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Archaeopteryx

Dinosaur fossil may be a whole new species of the first birds

24 October 2018

A fossil of the dinosaur Archaeopteryx is so unlike any other specimens that it belongs to a new species – and could confirm that the animals were early birds
Eurasian cranes

Bird-like lungs may have helped dinosaurs rule the world

23 October 2018

When dinosaurs dominated Earth, they somehow coped with low oxygen levels. Now a new finding suggests they may have thrived thanks to bird-like lungs

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