Dinosaur drumsticks, X-ray videos and 3D models shed light on the evolution of bird motion

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Nov 20, 2024, 11:17 am108 pts
Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of Yale paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction among some dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago helped make it possible for peacocks to strut, penguins to…

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