{"id":25703,"date":"2025-05-14T15:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fossil-suggests-feathered-archaeopteryx-probably-flew-like-a-chicken\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:07:18","slug":"fossil-suggests-feathered-archaeopteryx-probably-flew-like-a-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fossil-suggests-feathered-archaeopteryx-probably-flew-like-a-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossil Suggests Feathered Archaeopteryx Probably Flew Like a Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 1861, scientists discovered Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur with feathers, in 150-million-year-old limestones in Solnhofen, Germany. They didn\u2019t know it at the time, but that fossilized skeleton \u2014 and the several that followed \u2014 provided a key piece of evidence for the theory of evolution, as well as for the fact that birds were actually dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Archaeopteryx specimens have, \u201cmaybe more than any other fossil, changed the way that we see the world,\u201d said Jingmai O\u2019Connor, a paleontologist at the Field Museum in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over 164 years, researchers have pored over every detail of available specimens, trying to puzzle out how birds came to fly. Therefore, you might expect that such a well-studied fossil species wouldn\u2019t be capable of surprises. But in<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>a paper <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-08912-4\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published on Wednesday in the journal Nature<\/a>, Dr. O\u2019Connor and a team of researchers revealed previously unrecorded soft tissues and skeletal details from a new specimen, known as the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldmuseum.org\/exhibition\/meet-the-chicago-archaeopteryx\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Archaeopteryx<\/a>. What they found also helps explain why some feathered dinosaurs got off the ground, if only for short-haul flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sussing out Archaeopteryx\u2019s abilities in flight and how it fit in its environment has long been tricky, Dr. O\u2019Connor said. A majority of specimens are cartoonishly flattened by geology, making it difficult to discern important skeletal details. And while its earliest discoverers and most modern scientists have concluded that the species could likely take off, particular bodily features have left paleontologists seeking more data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The latest specimen, acquired by the Field Museum in 2022 and on public display since 2024, allowed Dr. O\u2019Connor\u2019s team to begin addressing some of the anatomical uncertainties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the fossil arrived at the museum, it didn\u2019t look like much. The specimen was the same color as the surrounding rock, and most of the soft-tissue remains were difficult to see, Dr. O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The researchers CT-scanned the fossil, building a digital map of the skeleton to help guide their preparation of the slab. They also had a secret weapon: By a quirk of chemistry, soft-tissue remains preserved in certain sediments glow under UV light, allowing the team to avoid accidentally removing feathers or skin textures while uncovering bone. That technique was not available to fossil preparators in the 1800s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Unlike other specimens, the bones of the Chicago Archaeopteryx were preserved in three dimensions, and Dr. O\u2019Connor\u2019s team could better evaluate the skull\u2019s palate. That showed the earliest signs of an evolutionary trajectory toward the skulls of modern birds, which are more mobile than those of prehistoric birds, Dr. O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In another lucky accident of fossilization, the carcass\u2019s wings were separated from the body, leaving them \u201cclearly and pristinely preserved,\u201d Dr. O\u2019Connor said. Upon close inspection, the team confirmed that rather than having two layers of wing feathers, as observed in earlier specimens, Archaeopteryx actually had three. In modern birds, that third layer helps link the shorter forearm to the body to create a continuous lift surface, which allows birds to sustain flight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. O\u2019Connor noted that the shape of the wing is a contrast with other feathered nonbird dinosaurs, whose long feathers \u201chard stop at the elbow,\u201d she said, making them <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/25\/science\/robotic-dinosaur-wings-evolution.html\" title=\"\">useful but ultimately flightless decorations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While the lack of a breastbone still means that the bird was likely to have been a relatively poor flyer, toe pads preserved in the Chicago Archaeopteryx\u2019s feet add evidence to the assumption that the species was adept at life on the ground, Dr. O\u2019Connor said. The species would therefore have lived like a Jurassic chicken or roadrunner: capable of flying in short bursts when necessary, but otherwise preferring to sprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The newly reported features are a nice addition to existing understandings of Archaeopteryx, and they offer direct support for current hypotheses about the species\u2019 abilities and its relationship to the origins of flight, said Michael Pittman, a paleontologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who was not involved with the study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis study nicely underscores the importance of discovering new fossils, even of well-known and well-studied specimens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. O\u2019Connor agreed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis specimen\u2019s going to keep me busy for years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/14\/science\/archaeopteryx-dinosaur-feathers-flight.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1861, scientists discovered Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur with feathers, in 150-million-year-old limestones in Solnhofen, Germany. 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