Sarah Collins

Each of the roughly 11,000 species of birds on Earth today is classified into one of two over-arching groups based on the arrangement of their palate bones. Ostriches and their relatives are classified as palaeognaths because they have a fused palate bone like humans do. All other groups are neognaths, meaning that their palate bones are connected by a mobile joint which makes beaks more dexterous.

Biography:  https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/the-last-toothed-bird

54%

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The Daily's Verdict

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Bias

70%

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  • All other groups of birds are classified into the neognath group.
  • The evidence contained in these fossils preserves a key stage in Earth's development, when rivers started to operate in a fundamentally different way than they had before.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

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  • The author's bias is evident in their statement that the evidence contained in these fossils preserves a key stage in Earth's development.
  • There are no clear conflicts of interest mentioned.

Contradictions

100%

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  • The article states that life started its first big expansion onto land during the Devonian Period when seed-bearing plants appeared. However, it does not mention that these were small ferns and horsetails rather than trees as commonly believed.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • The article states that life started its first big expansion onto land during the Devonian Period when seed-bearing plants appeared. However, it does not mention that these were small ferns and horsetails rather than trees as commonly believed.

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