Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.
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Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. The new 48-genome analysis included only ostrich and tinamou DNA, so it doesn’t shed further light on paleognath interrelationships, but it does reinforce their distinctiveness from all other living birds. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. Open Jarvis et al.’s
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