Knowledge Zone<p>What’s the deal with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cosmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cosmic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BigBang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBang</span></a>? : Medium</p><p>This <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Exquisite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exquisite</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Archaeopteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeopteryx</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a> reveals how <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flight</span></a> took off in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> : Misc</p><p>Do look up: how <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>International</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cooperation</span></a> closed the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OzoneHole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OzoneHole</span></a> : Nature</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
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Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Flight evolved independently in Dromaeosauridae, Archaeopterygidae, Anchiornithidae, Scansoriopterygidae, and whatever Rahonavis is. Here's Yi qi from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Microraptor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microraptor</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Rahonavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rahonavis</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Archaeopteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeopteryx</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Anchiornis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anchiornis</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/YiQi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YiQi</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Raptors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Raptors</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Velociraptor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Velociraptor</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/CampCretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampCretaceous</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/WildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeArt</span></a></p>
michael<p>14-May-2025<br>UV light and CT scans helped scientists unlock hidden details in a perfectly-preserved <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeopteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeopteryx</span></a><br>Never-before-seen feathers were the key to Archaeopteryx <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flight</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083253" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">083253</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>This <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> Had <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Feathers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feathers</span></a> and Probably Flew Like a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chicken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicken</span></a><br>New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ChicagoArchaeopteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoArchaeopteryx</span></a>.<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Archaeopteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeopteryx</span></a> specimens have, “maybe more than any other fossil, changed the way that we see the world,” said Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist at the Field Museum in Chicago. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/archaeopteryx-dinosaur-feathers-flight.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science</span><span class="invisible">/archaeopteryx-dinosaur-feathers-flight.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/8Kpql" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/8Kpql</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Jurassic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> rewrites history of bird evolution <a href="https://www.reuters.com/science/jurassic-fossil-china-rewrites-history-bird-evolution-2025-02-12/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/science/jurassic-f</span><span class="invisible">ossil-china-rewrites-history-bird-evolution-2025-02-12/</span></a></p><p>Earliest short-tailed bird from the Late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Jurassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jurassic</span></a> of China <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08410-z" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-08410-z</span></a></p><p>"The newly identified bird, called <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Baminornis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baminornis</span></a> zhenghensis, joins the similarly aged <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Archaeopteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeopteryx</span></a> as the oldest-known <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>. But Baminornis, about 15 cm long, was far more advanced anatomically and a better flier than crow-sized Archaeopteryx, a creature seemingly half <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> and half reptile."</p>
Global Museum<p>The Chicago Archaeopteryx, the Field Museum’s Newest Dinosaur, Meets the Public.</p><p>The fossil — of the oldest bird dinosaur known to science, often dubbed the “missing link” between the two organisms — is only the 13th <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Archaeopteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeopteryx</span></a> specimen ever announced. Just two of these are found in museums outside of Europe and of those two, the Field’s is the only one owned by a public natural history museum.</p><p><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/06/chicago-archaeopteryx-field-museum-s-newest-dinosaur-meets-public" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.wttw.com/2024/05/06/chica</span><span class="invisible">go-archaeopteryx-field-museum-s-newest-dinosaur-meets-public</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a></p>
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