In a new study, researchers have explained how arms of dinosaurs went from straight to bent and hyperflexible, turning into wings. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the lab run by Alexander Vargas at the University of Chile has re-examined fossils stored at several museum collections, while at the same time collecting new developmental data from seven different species of modern birds. Joao Botelho, a Brazilian student in Vargas' lab, developed a revolutionary ...Monday 6 October 2014
Dinosaurs' Arms Transformed into Bird Wings: Study
In a new study, researchers have explained how arms of dinosaurs went from straight to bent and hyperflexible, turning into wings. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the lab run by Alexander Vargas at the University of Chile has re-examined fossils stored at several museum collections, while at the same time collecting new developmental data from seven different species of modern birds. Joao Botelho, a Brazilian student in Vargas' lab, developed a revolutionary ...
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