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    Press Release
    The earliest known bird had complex tongue bones and fleshy “teeth” on the roof of its mouth—which might have helped it snag the food it needed for flight
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    UV light and CT scans helped scientists unlock hidden details in a perfectly-preserved fossil Archaeopteryx
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    Jingmai O'Connor
  • SUE stands proudly in their suite located in the Field Museum’s Evolving Planet exhibition. An animated forest is visible in the background.
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    Griffin Halls of Evolving Planet & SUE the T. rex
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    Member Exhibition Viewing
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