Carl Zimmer on Nostr: Did the dinosaur-killing asteroid 66 million years ago drive the evolution of living ...

Did the dinosaur-killing asteroid 66 million years ago drive the evolution of living birds? Or were they steadily evolving for tens of millions of years already? The DNA and the fossils seem to be telling different stories. Here's my story on the stories [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/science/bird-evolution-asteroid-dinosaurs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U00.2Fwl.iaTtz21qtUAO&smid=url-share