The Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur that scientists describe as more reptilian-like than modern birds, were about the size of a crow. More: What lies at the center of the Earth? The answer ...

Often referred to as the first bird, Archaeopteryx bridged the gap between ... or balance before evolving for flight. ・Colored eggs: Shared by theropods closely related to birds, suggesting ...

So far, the oldest-known bird fossil is the famous Archaeopteryx lithographica, discovered in 1861 just two years after the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, but Archaeopteryx ...

Archaeopteryx shows a unique combination of dinosaur and bird ... Skeletal remains and 12 unbroken eggs of the elephant bird, Aepyornis, from Madagascar. Owen's statue at the Museum shows him holding ...