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Chinese Scientists Discover Oldest Bird Fossils, Rewrite History of Avian Evolution

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Baminornis zhenghensis is the world’s oldest species of avid bird .

The fossilized bird was found in East China's Fujian Province and described in the journal Nature .

It is now the “oldest short-tailed bird yet discovered, pushing back the appearance of this feature by nearly 20 million years .

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