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Long known as the "first bird," recent fossil discoveries of other feathered dinosaurs have taken this superlative away from Archaeopteryx, leading to a discussion over whether this feathered theropod dinosaur was an ancestor or relative of modern birds.
Illustration by Julio Lacerda
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