Question 2
Find out from newspapers and popular science articles any new fossil discoveries or controversies about evolution.
Answer
Fossils of dinosaurs have revealed the evolution of reptiles in Jurassic period. As a result of this, evolution of other animals such as birds and mammals has also been discovered. However, two unusual fossils recently unearthed in China have ignited a controversy over the evolution of birds.Confuciusornis is one such genus of primitive birds that were crow sized and lived during the Creataceous period in China.
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Ruchi sinha
2019-09-24 19:51:30
Thanks for help
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