As It Fine Oldest Bird In History?

Like a bird species known so far to be the ancestors of birds was not the first poultry. Previously, there have been in the days of feathered dinosaur species is believed to be an ancient species of birds that exist today.

The findings of these feathered dinosaurs, as well as change the way people see the birds as well as its evolution.

Fossil birds along 30 cm to be strong evidence that there was a bird that explore the Earth's skies in the dinosaur era. Presence against avian origin for this species.

Previously, scientists believed that birds evolved from theropods similar dinosaurs, from the early Cretaceous, around 120-130 million years ago.

However, the new findings in the area of ​​Northeast China is much older than the mid theropod that lived in the Jurassic era.

Scientists estimate Earth Eosinopteryx are more than 145 million years ago.

"This discovery further doubt on previous theories, that the famous fossil Archaeoptryx and is touted as the first bird. And these findings are very important for the evolution of modern birds," said Dr Gareth Dyke, a senior lecturer for Vertebrate Palaeontology of the University of Southampton.

"These findings also indicated that the origin of birds or poultry is much more complex than previously thought," said Dyke.

According to the analysis of the fossil, ancient birds Eosinopteryx have hairy bodies and can not fly. Therefore, the wings are too small, and besides bone structure limits its ability to flap its wings.

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