It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a prehistoric gliding mammal

Friday, July 11, 2025 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In dense Chinese forests populated by dinosaurs 160 million years ago, two furry critters resembling flying squirrels glided from tree to tree, showing that even in such a perilous neighborhood early mammals had succeeded in going airborne.

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