69-million-year-old fossil discovery reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid impact triggered the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs. Yet, some early birds, including the ancestors of modern waterfowl, survived. A new discovery from Antarctica provides fresh insight into their evolution.
Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds
A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study has found. The fossil is a specimen of a species called Vegavis iaai, which lived around 69 million years ago – more than 2 million years before the mass extinction that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs.
Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new research.
Ancient Antarctic fossil reveals Earth’s oldest modern bird
Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird. This ancient bird, called Vegavis iaai, was an early relative of ducks and geese, proving that modern birds were already evolving before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.
66 million years ago, Antarctica was lush, temperate, and home to the oldest modern bird and T-Rex
A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature.
Ancient bird skull from Antarctica might be from early duck relative
The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of modern birds were already in place 69 million years ago. Birds evolved from dinosaurs millions of years ago – but the route from these avian ancestors to now is largely mysterious.
An important new fossil of the oldest known modern bird
A new study by Ohio University found an important fossil of the oldest known modern bird, which lived in Antarctica when Tyrannosaurus rex ruled North America.
Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a team of researchers has analyzed a 69-million-year-old fossil belonging to the long-extinct bird Vegavis iaai that could put the discussion to rest.
Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and geese that lived 69 million years ago
This 69-Million-Year-Old Duck-like Skull Reveals How Modern Birds Survived the Dinosaurs
In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that rewrites the story of modern birds. The nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized bird that lived 69 million years ago,
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Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago
A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists say is the oldest known modern bird. An early relative of the continent’s ducks and geese, it lived off the Antarctic ...
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69 million year old bird skull find in Antarctica
Scientists have revealed that a 69-million-year-old animal skull discovered in Antarctica belongs to the oldest known modern ...