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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Tiny, long-armed dinosaur leads to rethink of dinosaur miniaturization

Alvarezsaurid miniaturization preceded dietary specialization on ants, challenging the theory that small body size evolved directly coupled to insectivory.
fromNature
5 months ago

Mark Norell obituary: palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us - as birds

Mark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged 68. As a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Norell combined fieldwork, cutting-edge analysis and a gift for collaboration, transforming how scientists and the public see dinosaurs. Norell and his colleagues showed that birds belong to the group of carnivorous dinosaurs known as theropods, which also include Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus.
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