Episode 403
A new species of feathered dinosaur has been discovered – and it looks like a supercharged magpie with teeth. Fossil evidence and an artist鈥檚 reconstruction show the dinosaur looks remarkably like a bird – yet it鈥檚 not actually an ancestor of modern birds.
Over 100 million years old, Norellraptor barsboldi is named after two famous palaeontologists – one of whom taught palaeontologist Steve Brusatte.
Steve is the author of The Story of Birds and joins the team to discuss this incredible finding, which shows flight may have evolved at least two separate times. He also explains how dinosaurs didn鈥檛 go extinct – but still roam among us today.
On the panel are Rowan Hooper and Penny Sarchet.
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