Scientists identify the oldest fossil ever found of a modern bird
Meet the ‘Wonderchicken’: Scientists identify the oldest fossil ever found of a modern bird thought to be an ancestor of today’s hens and ducks The Wonderchicken — or ‘Asteriornis’ — lived around 67 million years ago According to the researchers it resembles a ‘mash-up’ of a duck and a chicken It was a small bird … Read more