Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...

A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern ...

This skull was three-dimensionally preserved, rather than crushed flat like many fossils. The fossil, which included 80% of ...

The “one-of-a-kind” fossil of Navaornis hestiae helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains ...

Researchers unearthed the skull of a previously unknown starling-sized bird species named Navaornis hestiae that was so well ...

A research team used state-of-the-art micro-CT scanning technology to reconstruct the bird’s skull and brain in remarkable ...

Now, a newly discovered fossil provides the most complete glimpse to date of the brains of the ancestral birds that once flew above the dinosaurs. The species was named Navaornis hestiae ...

Navaornis is likened to a sort of Rosetta Stone for decyphering the evolution of bird brains.

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...