Think Archaeopteryx was the first animal to fly? Think again. Scientists have uncovered multiple points of evolution in flight in dinosaur and avian fossils.
digs into the secretive side of the “terrible lizards” and all the questions that keep paleontologists up at night.in an age of dinosaurs. Pigeons, penguins, and partridges are all members of the only lineage to surviveof 66 million years ago. The realization that at least some dinosaurs still flock among us has given a greater depth to paleontology than the field’s founders could have imagined.
, the earliest recognized bird at about 150 million years old, is of limited help. When the fossil was uncovered in the late 19century, the splash of feathers found around the Jurassic dinosaur’s bones were quickly taken as an indication that its kind soared over the forests of prehistoric Bavaria. Over time, however, the genusstarted to look more awkward than aerodynamic.
Since the mid-1990s, paleontologists have uncovered dozens of feathery dinosaurs. Many of them are close relatives of Mesozoic birds or otherwise have adaptations related to flight, including
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