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Unlocking Avian Secrets: Scientists Create Breakthrough 93-Million-Year Bird Family Tree


A global team of researchers has constructed the most comprehensive and extensive bird family tree to date, detailing the evolutionary connections among 363 bird species over 93 million years. This chart represents 92% of all bird families. The advance was made possible in large part thanks to cu

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