A 150-million-year-old bird fossil has unusually small wings and dinosaur-like teeth; the discovery challenges the idea that the earliest birds were all built primarily for flight
For millions of years, the evolution of flight has been the story of birds. But a remarkable fossil from southeastern China suggests some of the earliest birds may have preferred to keep their feet on the ground.
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A 150-million-year-old bird fossil has unusually small wings and dinosaur-like teeth; the discovery challenges the idea that the earliest birds were all built primarily for flight
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