Topstoriesonline - Chinese dinosaur fossils claw hand study New dinosaur fossils show 'weird' evolution from meat-eaters to insect-eaters. The discovery of two dinosaur fossils in China is shedding light on a previously missing chapter of evolution, according to a new study. The dinosaurs were announced along with the new research on Thursday in the journal Current Biology. Both dinosaurs are alvarezsaurs, which began as meat-eaters that adapted to eat insects living in colonies, like anteaters. But they also had many similarities to birds, with bird-like skulls and hind limbs, the study said. "Alvarezsaurs are weird animals," said Jonah Choiniere, study co-author and professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, in a statement. "With their strong, clawed hands and weak jaws, they appear to be the dinosaurian analog to today's aardvarks and anteaters." Click Read more And when a dinosaur evolves from a meat-eater to an ...
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