I think that the more interesting part of this story isn't that birds and dinosaurs are related - that is an idea with a lot of scientific currency. From anatomical, to reproductive, to behavioral...
The recovery of extremely ancient soft tissues is interesting because of what it means for how fossilization happens - our models of fossilization tell us that something gets buried, soft parts decay...
Don't forget - the closest living relatives of sauropods are crocodiles AND birds - that's part of the reason that the special excavations for air sacs we see in this sauropod bone are so neat. Did...
You are both right about the size of this bone - it is small for a sauropod, but big for nearly any other living thing (except maybe a whale!). The size of this bone, and the other parts of the...
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