So far, the oldest-known bird fossil is the famous Archaeopteryx lithographica, discovered in 1861 just two years after the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, but Archaeopteryx ...

Archaeopteryx was first described as the 'missing link' between reptiles and birds in 1861 – and is now regarded as the link between dinosaurs and birds. Only 12 specimens have ever been found and all ...

Fossil evidence has illuminated this connection, notably through specimens like Archaeopteryx, discovered in Bavaria, Germany, in 1861. Often referred to as the first bird, Archaeopteryx bridged ...

Most of today’s birds have this bone, too. They also had long claws. When archaeopteryx was first found, in 1861, they believed they had found the world’s first bird. Yet, since then ...