Birdlike fossil challenges notion that birds evolved from ground-dwelling dinosaurs
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 18:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The re-examination of a sparrow-sized fossil from China challenges the commonly held belief that birds evolved from ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs that gained the ability to fly. The birdlike fossil is actually not a dinosaur, as previously thought, but much rather the remains of a tiny tree-climbing animal that could glide.