The document summarizes an upcoming exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science called "Archaeopteryx: Icon of Evolution" that will showcase the Archaeopteryx fossil and other fossils from the late Jurassic period to illustrate the debate around whether Archaeopteryx is a bird or a dinosaur, as it possesses both avian and reptilian features; the exhibition will include a specimen of Archaeopteryx on loan from Wyoming as well as over 100 detailed fossils from Germany.
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is hosting an exhibition called "Archaeopteryx: Icon of Evolution" from April 23 to September 6, 2010. The exhibition features the famous Archaeopteryx fossil discovered in 1861 in Germany, which has characteristics of both birds and dinosaurs. Other exceptional fossils from the same site in Germany will also be displayed, preserved with intricate details showing what these extinct creatures looked like. Seeing real fossils can recapture the child-like wonder of learning that creatures from textbooks truly lived in the past.
The document summarizes an upcoming exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science called "Archaeopteryx: Icon of Evolution" that will showcase the Archaeopteryx fossil and other fossils from the late Jurassic period to illustrate the debate around whether Archaeopteryx is a bird or a dinosaur, as it possesses both avian and reptilian features; the exhibition will include a specimen of Archaeopteryx on loan from Wyoming as well as over 100 detailed fossils from Germany.
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is hosting an exhibition called "Archaeopteryx: Icon of Evolution" from April 23 to September 6, 2010. The exhibition features the famous Archaeopteryx fossil discovered in 1861 in Germany, which has characteristics of both birds and dinosaurs. Other exceptional fossils from the same site in Germany will also be displayed, preserved with intricate details showing what these extinct creatures looked like. Seeing real fossils can recapture the child-like wonder of learning that creatures from textbooks truly lived in the past.