Evolution ‘backwards’ – The discovery overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds
An artist’s reconstruction of the last known toothed bird, final janavis, in its native environment surrounded by the common “wonder chicken”, Asteriornis. 66.7 million years ago, parts of Belgium were covered by a shallow sea, and conditions were similar to modern tropical beaches in places like the Bahamas. Janavis It was a very large seabird, …
