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. 2014 Nov 3;24(21):R1052-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.018. Epub 2014 Nov 3.

Evolution: a rapid flight towards birds

Daniel T Ksepka  1
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Evolution: a rapid flight towards birds

Daniel T Ksepka. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Remarkable feathered dinosaur fossils have blurred the lines between early birds and their non-avian dinosaur relatives. Rapid skeletal evolution and decreasing body size along one particular lineage of theropod dinosaurs paved the way for the spectacular radiation of birds.

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