A team of archaeologists posit a unique theory about 12,000-year-old bird bones from the Levant, which appear to have been crafted into flutes. Reading time 3 minutes 12,000-year-old bird bones found ...
A plump guinea fowl walks across a bird-sized treadmill. X-rays record the precise movement of the bird's bones, tracking its hips as they interact with its legs. A computerized model of the bones is ...
Archeologists working in the Levant believe late-stage hunter gatherers carved flutes with finger-holes out of waterfowl bones to mimic the calls of birds of prey. The theory, published in Scientific ...
Throughout Unitt’s 37-year career, he has overseen the addition of over 15,000 bird specimens, cataloging the region's avian ...
Flying is really hard work. Compared to walking, swimming, or running, flying is the form of movement that takes the most energy and requires the most calories. That means that birds have had to ...
Flying is really hard work. Compared to walking, swimming, or running, flying is the form of movement that takes the most energy and requires the most calories. That means that birds have had to ...
Birds’ bones, specifically their hips, tell the story of their evolution from dinosaurs before they’re even born according to a new Yale University study. Bhart-Anjan Bhullar, the assistant professor ...
As Laurent Davin sorted through prehistoric bird bones, he did not expect to find musical instruments in the mix. Davin, an archeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the French National ...