By Stephen Beech via SWNS
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Navaornis fills a 70-million-year gap in our knowledge of the evolution of the unique bird brain. (Júlia d’Oliveira via SWNS)
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The skeleton of Navaornis, a fossil bird from the age of dinosaurs. (Stephanie Abramowicz via SWNS)
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(Júlia d’Oliveira via SWNS)
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