Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step
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A fossil discovered in China provides evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs with long tails through a gradual, step-by-step process rather than a sudden transition. This tail shortening was a crucial step for bird evolution and flight capability. Birds are the only dinosaur lineage that survived the mass extinction event 66 million years ago.
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Fossil found in China.
A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a sudden evolutionary transition.
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A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a sudden evolutionary transition.
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A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a sudden evolutionary transition.
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