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VINS: Birds are Dinosaurs
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (142+ words) What did 65 million years of evolution turn the dinosaurs into? Birds!Celebrating the summer reading theme “Unearth a Story," VINS is excited to introduce you to some live birds of prey and learn all about their dinosaur ancestry together.We’ll…...
How birds survived the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (226+ words) New Hampshire Public Radio How birds survived the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the devastating asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The songbirds you see today are directly linked to the…...
A spine-tingling discovery: This dinosaur had spiked body armor
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (443+ words) A dinosaur that roamed modern-day Morocco more than 165 million years ago had a neck covered in three-foot long spikes, a weapon on its tail and bony body armor, according to researchers who unearthed the curious beast's remains. The discovery of…...
A discovery sheds new light on how different types of early humans coexisted long ago
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (441+ words) Maybe you've seen the T-shirts or the mugs, the silhouette of an ape standing up straighter and straighter, finally morphing into a modern coffee-drinking man. Scientists have long known human evolution was not so straightforward. NPR's Nate Rott reports on…...