Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.
A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.
The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...
Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...
The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore ... The bird lived roughly 80 million years ago, some 10 to 20 ...