Hacker News with Generative AI: Dinosaurs

Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence (cam.ac.uk)
A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

Paleontology, Evolution, Birds, Dinosaurs, Neuroscience

124 points by gmays 15 days ago | 6 comments

Preserved tracks suggest non-avian dinosaurs used their wings to run (newscientist.com)
Tiny tracks in South Korea symbolise a moment 120 million years ago when a dinosaur took advantage of its wings to cover ground in large leaps – the oldest track evidence of wing-assisted movement in these extinct animals.

Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolution, Science, Biology

9 points by nobody9999 40 days ago | 2 comments

Paleontology, Evolution, Extinction, Birds, Dinosaurs

28 points by isaacfrond 64 days ago | 8 comments

Where Did the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Come From? (nautil.us)
The story of the doom-bringing rock may help us prevent a repeat catastrophe.

Space, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Science, History

21 points by jnord 71 days ago | 15 comments

Trove of dinosaur fossils found high in B.C. mountains (cbc.ca)
Paleontologists have uncovered dozens of fossils in northern B.C., only one of which came from a dinosaur that was previously known to that area.

Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Canada, Fossils

96 points by curmudgeon22 77 days ago | 65 comments

Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Science, Biology

138 points by surprisetalk 82 days ago | 18 comments

Space, Dinosaurs, Astronomy

11 points by geox 91 days ago | 8 comments

Paleontology, Geology, Atlantic Ocean, Dinosaurs

178 points by geox 100 days ago | 150 comments