By the Late Cretaceous epoch, 70m years after Archaeopteryx, true birds had evolved
From dinosaurs to birds
Theories of the extraordinary evolutionary link between Archaeopteryx and modern birds date back 140 years
Archaeopteryx in London
Use of modern CT technology has shown that Archaeopteryx's brain was built like a modern bird's brain
August 2004
Inside a prehistoric bird brain
Birdbrain helped dino soar
October 2002
Searching for the missing link
Birds? Reptiles? Fakes? Archaeopteryx fossils have been generating controversy since 1861. Paul Chambers investigates a very strange creature in Bones of Contention