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This AI app can tell which dinosaur made a footprint

Researchers say the system was trained on nearly 2,000 real footprints and millions of simulations, matching expert classifications about 90% of the time.

Summary by Science Daily
Dinosaur footprints have always been mysterious, but a new AI app is cracking their secrets. DinoTracker analyzes photos of fossil tracks and predicts which dinosaur made them, with accuracy rivaling human experts. Along the way, it uncovered footprints that look strikingly bird-like—dating back more than 200 million years. That discovery could push the origin of birds much deeper into prehistory.

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Science Daily broke the news in Encinitas, United States on Monday, July 27, 2026.
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