Famed Fossil Isn’t a Bird After All, Analysis Says
28th July 2011
One of the world’s most famous fossil creatures, widely considered the earliest known bird, is getting a rude present on the 150th birthday of its discovery: A new analysis suggests it isn’t a bird at all.
Chinese scientists are proposing a change to the evolutionary family tree that boots Archaeopteryx off the “bird” branch and onto a closely related branch of birdlike dinosaurs.
Well, that’s a disappointment.
July 28th, 2011 at 09:48
So much for the “settled” science.