Dinosaur fossils may not have inspired the mythological griffin, a new study has found, debunking a century-old theory. For many years, it was widely accepted that the griffin—a creature with the head ...

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The gryphon, or griffin, is a legendary creature dating back to classical antiquity, sporting the body, legs, and tail of a lion and the wings, head, and front talons of an eagle. Since the 1980s, a ...

For centuries, scientists thought they knew where the griffin legend came from. A new study takes a closer look at the data and folklore's influence on science. A popular and widely-promoted claim ...