Jeholornis prima is the latest in a host of ancient birds found recently from places as far afield as Spain, Madagascar and China that illuminate the earliest stages of bird evolution. They come from an interval somewhat later than that of Archaeopteryx but show that the major features of modern bird form were sketched out in this period.
I wonder if it tasted like chicken?
I wonder if it tasted like chicken?Even as a kid, it seemed to me that
chickens having scaled feet and long
claws was like rabbits fitted out
with bayonets. Dissonant. Of course,
back then, when kids pointed out that
the continents looked like they fit together,
the teachers chuckled and moved on.