PhysOrg Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The most comprehensive family tree of meat-eating dinosaurs ever created is enabling scientists to discover key details of how birds evolved from them. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScienceDaily Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The study shows that the familiar anatomical features of birds – such as feathers, wings and wishbones – all first evolved piecemeal in their dinosaur ancestors over tens of millions of years. However, once a fully functioning bird body shape was complete, an evolutionary explosion began, causing a rapid increase in the rate at which birds evolved. This led eventually to the thousands of avian species that we know today. Read the full article on ScienceDaily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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