This Ancient Fossil Bird Has 800 Stones in Its Throat and No One Knows Why

The new species, named after the electro funk band Chromeo, helps explain the larger story of why only one small group of dinosaurs survived the extinction. A fossil rarely reveals an animal’s entire life story. Even when a body is well preserved, scientists often have only fragments of information, leaving many questions about how the [...]

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