When the fossil of Archaeopteryx was discovered in 1861—just two years after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species—it was a paleontological revelation. With its blend of features like teeth and a tail (like reptiles) and feathers (like birds), it was hailed as the “missing link” between dinosaurs and birds. The finding was a blockbuster, seeming to confirm the theory of evolution.
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