Reputation as earliest bird may not have the feathers to fly
July 29, 2011
"LONDON: Archaeopteryx, the famous icon of evolution and supposedly the planet's oldest, most primitive bird, might not have been a bird after all.
The controversial claim, if confirmed, is something of a bombshell for researchers, who have viewed the evolution of birds and feathered flight through the lens of the species since it was discovered 150 years ago."
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