Cosmic Log: How flying reptiles rose
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 19:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A comparison of pterosaur fossils and bird bones indicates that the flying reptiles had to walk around and launch into the air on four "legs."
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