Modern birds are dinosaurs without toothy jaws, and with bigger brains. Newly published research fills in some of the missing links in their evolution.(Image credit: Michael Hanson and Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar/Nature Publishing Group)
via How Did Birds Lose Their Teeth And Get Their Beaks? Study Offers Clues — News : NPR
The Northern Herper 
Very interesting to me since I’ve just been writing about dinosaur-bird links and evolution. And Debbie Ackerman points out the “look” that the heads of both birds and dinosaurs share. Thanks.
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