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Archaeopteryx was less bird like, more like dinos.
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October 12, 2009
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Washington, October 9 (ANI): A new research has shown that the Archaeopteryx, which has long been considered the iconic first bird, was less bird like, and more like dinosaurs.
The research, by Gregory Erickson of the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University, involved microscopic imaging of bone structure, which showed that the famously feathered fossil of the archaeopteryx grew much slower than living birds and more like non-avian dinosaurs.
The first Archaeopteryx skeleton was found in Munich, Germany, in the 1860's and dating to 150 ...
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