Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Paleontologists in Brazil unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil of a bird species named Navaornis hestiae, dating back 80 ...

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A unique fossil discovery in Brazil sheds light on avian brain evolution with the skull of the bird Navaornis hestiae.

The fossil filled a 70-million-year gap in the understanding of how the brains of birds evolved: between the 150-million-year ...

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Navaornis is likened to a sort of Rosetta Stone for decyphering the evolution of bird brains.

Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...