birds
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Ancient Bird Bones May Have Been Fashioned Into Flutes for Catching More Birds
12,000-year-old bird bones found in the far north of Israel may have been used as instruments by prehistoric humans to lure more birds to their death, according to a team of archaeologists that studied the artifacts. The perforated bones were found in Israel’s Hula Valley, just west of the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from…
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Even Anti-Drone Eagles Can’t Escape the 2022 Tech Layoffs
First, it came for the crypto shills and startups and then, the Silicon Valley legacy brands. Now, the dreaded 2022 tech layoffs are sinking their talons into birds. No, not that bird. We’re talking about drone-killing eagles.
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Antarctic Researchers Report a ‘Dramatic Decline’ in Adélie Penguin
As the fervor of Fat Bear Week rages on, a different corner of the animal kingdom is in trouble: The Antarctic penguin community. Australian researchers studying Adélie penguins point to a plunging population.
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The Chicken (or the Egg) First Came From This Spot, Researchers Say
The old existential question about which came first — the chicken or the egg — has had a meaningful breakthrough, as a team of researchers report a new age and location for the first unambiguously domesticated chickens.