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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

10,000 Birds

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. That means that with all the early branching that went on among ancient birds, and everything that has happened since, chickens have undergone the fewest genetic changes.

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