66-million-year-old feather in dinosaur poop may reveal why birds survived the asteroid

Scientists investigating a 66-million-year-old mystery have revealed that a bird feather embedded in fossilized dinosaur excrement suggests that the ancestors of modern birds who survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid that also wiped out all other ancient bird species benefited from the…
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- Science Daily Press · sciencedaily.com
- NDTV Press · via Google NewsSome Birds Survived Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs. Poop May Reveal How
- CTV News Press · via Google NewsSome birds survived the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs. A fossilized poop can help explain whyAlso carried by Gulf Coast News and Weather, KOCO, Yahoo News Singapore, sg.news.yahoo.com, ABC17NEWS
- CNN Press · via Google NewsA fossil feather preserved inside dinosaur poop could help explain why birds survived the mass extinctionAlso carried by Field Museum
- wandtv.com Press · via Google NewsFossil may explain why birds survived asteroid
- The Debrief Genre press · thedebrief.org66-Million-Year-Old Mystery Solved? Fossilized Bird Feather Reveals How 'Modern' Birds Likely Survived the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
- Futura, le média qui explore le monde Genre press · via Google NewsA Bird Feather Spent 66 Million Years Inside A Lump Of Dinosaur Dung. It Belonged To A Bird That Did Not Survive The AsteroidAlso carried by futura-sciences.com
- ECOticias.com 'El Periódico Verde' Genre press · via Google NewsA rare metal has traced the dinosaur-killing asteroid beyond Jupiter, and the discovery narrows a 66-million-year-old mystery
- La Brújula Verde Genre press · via Google NewsWhy Did Only Some Birds Survive the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs? The Answer May Be Hiding in a Feather Found in T. Rex's Poop
- Earth.com Genre press · via Google NewsA feather found in fossilized dinosaur dung may explain how some birds survived the asteroid extinction event