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How to make birds out of theropods

Started by Halichoeres, May 11, 2018, 06:17:50 PM

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May 11, 2018, 06:17:50 PM
In this review paper Andrea Cau reviews the acquisition of avian traits along the bird stem, which really drives home how much of it was really contingent. Each step had some function in its bearer, independent of things like flight, miniaturization, and toothlessness that characterize most modern birds.

Open access (pdf): http://paleoitalia.org/media/u/archives/01_Cau_2018_BSPI_571.pdf
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