Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds (IMAGE)
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3. Palate of Janavis finalidens in comparison with that of a pheasant and an ostrich. The palate anatomy of Janavis likely approximates that of the most recent common ancestor of all living birds, and is more similar to that of chicken- and duck-like birds, such as pheasants, than to birds like ostriches and emus, which were previously thought to exhibit the ancestral bird condition.
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Juan Benito and Daniel Field, University of Cambridge
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