Tag: skull

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    Similar designs, 100 million years apart

    A study found that both Rusingoryx atopocranion, a relative of the wildebeest, and hadrosaur dinosaurs evolved large bony domes on their foreheads, which were likely used as resonating chambers to warn of predators and communicate with others.

    3–5 minutes
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    Probing the sparrow’s beastly past

    A new study led by Harvard scientists shows that birds are, essentially, living dinosaurs, with skulls that are remarkably similar to those of their juvenile ancestors.

    4–6 minutes