Birds in the age of dinosaurs -- How fossils are formed -- A dinosaur or a bird? -- Tracing birds back to theropods -- The earliest bird? -- Archaeopteryx is dethroned -- Meet Confuciusornis -- Prehistoric seabirds -- The terror birds of South America -- Modern birds appear -- Learning to fly -- An amazing find in amber -- A new species -- The hunt continues.
Summary:
Discusses how modern birds were descended from the dinosaurs and looks at several examples of bird fossils from China and the United States which show this connection.
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