Image courtesy of Alex Boersma.
Joel Kontinen
Michael Pittman
and colleagues state that pterosaurs evolved pterosaur a
muscular wing–body junction providing multifaceted flight performance benefits.
They say that these animals lived for
over 160 million years but
we cannot be sure how they were such sturdy fliers
This shows how scientist through about the word
evolution. However, they also said that soft tissues guide the animals in their
flight.
This means that they can’t be that old, as soft tissue
cannot be millions of years old.
Source:
Pittman et al. 2021. Pterosaurs evolved
a muscular wing–body junction providing multifaceted flight performance
benefits: Advanced aerodynamic smoothing, sophisticated wing root control, and
wing force generation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2 November.
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