A team of archaeologists posit a unique theory about 12,000-year-old bird bones from the Levant, which appear to have been crafted into flutes. Reading time 3 minutes 12,000-year-old bird bones found ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

A plump guinea fowl walks across a bird-sized treadmill. X-rays record the precise movement of the bird's bones, tracking its hips as they interact with its legs. A computerized model of the bones is ...

This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Over 12,000 years ago, ...

Archeologists working in the Levant believe late-stage hunter gatherers carved flutes with finger-holes out of waterfowl bones to mimic the calls of birds of prey. The theory, published in Scientific ...

As Laurent Davin sorted through prehistoric bird bones, he did not expect to find musical instruments in the mix. Davin, an archeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the French National ...

Birds’ bones, specifically their hips, tell the story of their evolution from dinosaurs before they’re even born according to a new Yale University study. Bhart-Anjan Bhullar, the assistant professor ...