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Published online 4 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040802-9
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Flying dinosaur had 'bird brain'
Skull scan confirms Archaeopteryx had the mind for flight.
It was half-bird, half-reptile and it soared above the still lagoons of Bavaria 147 million years ago. Researchers have confirmed that Archaeopteryx had a brain and body geared for flight, earning it the moniker of the world's most primitive bird.
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