New Archaeopteryx specimen with new foot details

[Jeff Hecht <jeff@jeffhecht.com>]

Today's Science reports a 10th Archaeopteryx, well preserved, showing new 
characters on the feet and in the skull. To the surprise of few here, the 
characters strongly resemble theropods, making it ever-harder to tell the birds 
from the dinosaurs. 

My somewhat abbreviated report is at 
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8408
-- 
Jeff Hecht, science & technology writer
jeff@jeffhecht.com
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