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OpenStudy (anonymous):

with the current information in evolution study how 'Archaeopteryx' is significant in evolution ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Because archaeopteryx was the first "bird." It was a dinosaur bird. So the theory is that because other dinosaurs were found to have feathers, Archaeopteryx was the first of its kind to fly in the air. The idea is that we evolved from birds, not just us; many species are theorized to have evolved from dinosaurs, into birds, and then into modern animals. Archaeopteryx was simply the "proof" that was needed to show that dinosaurs turned into birds.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But the first bird theory is in controversy now..

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