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Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

The new fossil unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula of the ancient bird named Vegavis iaai dates to about 69 million years ago, approximately three million years before the ...

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Credit: Mark Witton, 2025. 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 ...