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A brief flight with Pterosaurs
Planet Earth was a busy place 225mya. The super-continent, Pangaea, in the Northern Hemisphere started rifting, creating the beginnings of the North Atlantic Ocean. Dinosaurs began their campaign for global dominance of Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems and drove many older reptile … Continue reading
Evolution of flight in birds
New research challenges a long-held hypotheses about how flight first developed in birds. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Leg-wing cooperation in baby birds, dinosaurs is key transition in origin of flight
New research based on high-resolution x-ray movies reveals that despite having extremely underdeveloped muscles and wings, young birds acquire a mature flight stroke early in their development, initially relying heavily on their legs and wings to work in tandem to … Continue reading
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Leg-wing cooperation in baby birds, dinosaurs is key transition in origin of flight
New research based on high-resolution x-ray movies reveals that despite having extremely underdeveloped muscles and wings, young birds acquire a mature flight stroke early in their development, initially relying heavily on their legs and wings to work in tandem to … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, cooperation, Dinosaurs, flight, origin, transition
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Penguin brains not changed by loss of flight
Losing the ability to fly gave ancient penguins their unique locomotion style. But leaving the sky behind didn’t cause major changes in their brain structure, researchers suggest after examining the skull of the oldest known penguin fossil. Paleontology News — … Continue reading
Shape of bird wings depends on ancestors more than flight style
In a finding that could change the way scientists think about bird evolution, researchers have found that the shape of bird wings is influenced more by how closely related species are to one another than by flight style.The research challenges … Continue reading
125-million-year-old wing sheds new light on the evolution of flight
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 … Continue reading
Malaysia flight wreckage spotted
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-8f38b9059f46ac247c48ef28d44b6833.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Malaysia flight wreckage spotted” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-8f38b9059f46ac247c48ef28d44b6833.jpg” (ANSA) – Shanghai, March 26 – French satellites have identified more than 122 floating objects as possible wreckage from Malaysian Airlines MH370. Malaysian authorities reported on Wednesday that Airbus … Continue reading
‘Record’ ultra-light’ Italian flight ends in Australia
(ANSA) – Sydney, November 1 – Two Italian pilots ended a 22,000km, 16-country ultra-light flight in Australia Friday they hope will get them into the Guinness Book of Records. Antonio Forato and Roberto Bisa landed in a Flysyntesys Texan Top … Continue reading
That, successful operation of the Vega maiden flight
(ANSAmed) – Rome, May 13 a week exactly since its launch, the data confirms that the European carrier Vega has done a perfect job, launching into orbit three satellites. “We are very pleased to have decided to launch Proba-V Vega,” … Continue reading