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Why Did Only Some Birds Survive the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs? The Answer May Be Hiding in a Feather Found in T. Rex’s Poop

In 2016, paleontologist David DeMar Jr. was crawling across a rocky outcrop in northeastern Montana, hunting for fish fossils, when he spotted a dark, reddish-brown nodule about half the size of a golf ball. He picked it up and looked at it through his hand lens. On its surface was something he didn’t expect: a […]

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Una pluma descubierta en un excremento fósil explica por qué las aves sobrevivieron al asteroide y el resto de dinosaurios no

En 2016, el paleontólogo David DeMar Jr. avanzaba a gatas por un afloramiento rocoso en el noreste de Montana, buscando fósiles de peces, cuando se topó con un nódulo oscuro, de un tono entre marrón y rojizo, del tamaño aproximado de una cereza grande. Lo recogió, lo observó con una lupa de mano y, en […]

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