'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs

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www.livescience.comby https://www.livescience.com/author/steve-brusatteApril 28, 2026Submitted May 4, 2026

In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China.

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