But once they took wing ... includes birds. But that makes the transition no less remarkable. "The origin of birds was a truly special event in Earth history," co-author Dr Graeme Lloyd ...

It also is the first study that compared wing geometry across all major groups of birds. Dr. Julia Clarke, an associate professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Texas ...

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was that the birds also "timed their wing beats perfectly to match the good air off the bird in front". "Each bird [kept] its wingtip in the upwash throughout the flap cycle," Dr Portugal explained.

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not.

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