Friday, 2 August 2013

Dinosaurs were wired for flight, thanks to bigger brains

A new study in Nature finds that a wider range of dinosaurs may have had the neurological capacity to fly -- not just Archaeopteryx, the feathered dinosaur that’s considered the direct ancestor of birds.
Dinosaurs were wired for flight, thanks to bigger brains
While it’s well-established that birds are modern-day dinosaurs, how they evolved from fearsome, meat-ripping theropods to dainty doves remains a hot topic of research.

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