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Steve Brusatte on the Dinosaurs That Survived the Asteroid

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Steve Brusatte discusses the dinosaurs that survived the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact: birds. The episode follows fossil evidence for feathered dinosaurs and the emergence of avian traits, then considers how surviving bird lineages diversified after the extinction. Publisher illustrations connect fossils, anatomy and evolutionary relationships.

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dinosaursend-Cretaceous asteroid impactBirdsfeathered dinosaursavian traitsfossil evidencebird lineagesextinctionevolutionary relationships

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