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
- An almost complete fossil unearthed in China reveals a 150-million-year-old bird that weighed around 800 grams.
- 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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- An almost complete fossil unearthed in China reveals a 150-million-year-old bird that weighed around 800 grams.
- 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.
Sources: Times of India