Sorry, Darwin: Chinese fossil shows not all early birds evolved to fly
Chinese scientists uncovered a 150‑million‑year‑old fossil of Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis, the earliest known flightless bird, in Late Jurassic deposits in China, providing evidence that some early birds did not evolve flight.
Source: Sorry, Darwin: Chinese fossil shows not all early birds evolved to fly — South China Morning Post
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Topics: fossil · dinosaurs · evolution · darwin · science · paleontology · birds
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