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A fossil from southeastern China is challenging the idea that early bird evolution was driven primarily by the development of flight. Named Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis, the crow-sized animal lived about 150 million years ago, but its unusually short wings and long hindlimbs indicate that it was adapted to life on the ground rather than…
A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There's little left of the ship itself, but based on clues from its cargo—including pottery vessels—a research team I was part of has tentatively dated the wreck to around 2700–2400 B.C.
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