ScienceDaily Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Molting is thought to be unorganized in the first feathered dinosaurs because they had yet to evolve flight, so determining how molting evolved can lead to better understanding of flight origins. Recently researchers discovered that the earliest record of feather molting from the famous early fossil bird Archaeopteryx found in southern Germany in rocks that used to be tropical lagoons ~150 million years ago.View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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