Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

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Feb 12 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly modern ...