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Study uncovers influence of Earth's history on the dawn of modern birds

2015-12-11 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] New research led by the American Museum of Natural History reveals that the evolution of modern birds was greatly shaped by the history of our planet's geography and climate. The DNA-based work, published today in the journal Science Advances, finds that birds arose in what is now South America around 90 million years ago, and radiated extensively around the time of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs. The new research suggest…

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