125-million-year-old wing sheds new light on the evolution of flight
Bristol, UK (SPX) Oct 12, 2015 - Some of the most ancient birds were capable of performing aerodynamic feats in a manner similar to many living birds, according to a new study of the fossil wing of a primitive bird, led by a PhD student at the University of Bristol, UK. Birds have an enormously long evolutionary history: the earliest of them, the famed Archaeopteryx, lived 150 million years ago in what is now southern Ger ... more

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