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palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds

palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds

Credit: Katja Heinemann/Aurora/Cavan/Alamy Mark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged 68. As a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Norell combined fieldwork, cutting-edge analysis and a gift for collaboration, transforming how scientists and the public see dinosaurs. Norell and his colleagues showed that birds belong to …

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