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... found any signs of it yet. This picture shows Archaeopteryx. It was hard to find. They had to search through tons of quarry material to find a few thin flakes with Archaeopteryx preserved. You could send a rover to Earth and set it to ...

Article - Robert Walker - Apr 8 2016 - 5:21am - 0 attachments

... birds. “Ever since the discovery of the fossil bird Archaeopteryx in 1861, it has been clear that living birds are descended from ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 26 2014 - 9:00am - 0 attachments

... new imaging technologies in reconstructing the color of Archaeopteryx , one of the most famous and important fossils species. Ryan ... feathers to reconstruct the feather color of the iconic Archaeopteryx , the so-called "missing link" -- or more appropriately, ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2014 - 8:30am - 0 attachments

... between two major groups of organisms. Archaeopteryx, one of the earliest fossil birds, dated at around 150 million ... University The first such famous fossil was Archaeopteryx , long hailed as the first “bird” because it had feathers ... bird. Today we know from extensive new studies of Archaeopteryx and the meat-eating theropod dinosaurs that it is just ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 11 2014 - 7:30am - 0 attachments

... in Munich studying a new specimen of Archaeopteryx have found previously unknown features of the plumage, which ... a mere 150 million years or so since it took to the air, Archaeopteryx still has surprises in store: The eleventh specimen of the ... (theropods) with body plumage are now known to predate Archaeopteryx , and their feathers probably provided thermal insulation. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2014 - 10:31am - 0 attachments

... publishing - if they are critical.(2)  Is Archaeopteryx worth killing over? It is if we want the public to be excited ... plot but it is about a biology PhD candidate studying Archaeopteryx whose advisor is murdered. It's a murder mystery, where ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 22 2013 - 4:39pm - 0 attachments

... have found chemical traces of the original 'dinobird' Archaeopteryx and dilute traces of plumage pigments in a 150 million-year-old fossil. Only 11 specimens of Archaeopteryx have been found, the first one consisting of a single feather. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2013 - 11:57am - 0 attachments

... We have another earliest bird that has once again knocked Archaeopteryx off of its perch. Here it is ; it's called ... and here is Jon Tennant covering it for Discover . Archaeopteryx has now been knocked off its perch so many times now that it ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Jun 3 2013 - 5:51pm - 0 attachments

... tail and legs and slightly asymmetric wing feathers. Archaeopteryx exemplifies this, with its mix of more bird like features, like a ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Feb 3 2011 - 6:57am - 0 attachments

Every 6 months or so these days it feels like we find the earliest animal life. More often than not, said life is something ugly that turns up in a bucket after dissolving rocks in acid. Well, it's been a while, but here is the latest candidate: ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Feb 8 2012 - 5:40pm - 0 attachments