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Archaeopteryx may have been an active flyer
Topic Started: Mar 15 2018, 06:12 AM (272 Views)
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http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/archaeopteryx-active-flyer-05814.html

Any thoughts on this?
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That Archaeopteryx was an active flyer has been known for a long time now, so this is hardly a new finding. I don't really see how this new study confirming what has already long been realised by many is all that significant, except for perhaps managing to finally win over some more of the people who insisted, against all evidence, it was merely a glider.
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The study presents a new method of determining the properties of archosaur limb-bones that relate to their locomotory strategies, and this case was used to provide further evidence confirming that Archaeopteryx was indeed capable of powered flight. The conclusion about Archaeopteryx may not be new and exciting, but that doesn't undermine the significance of the study and the testing of the methods used therein.
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that makes a lot of sense

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