Aristotle and other philosophers of the time attempted to explain the aerodynamics of avian flight. Even after the discovery of the ancestral bird Archaeopteryx...

"Assessing Arboreal Adaptations of Bird Antecedents: Testing the Ecological Setting of the Origin of the Avian Flight Stroke". PLOS ONE. 6 (8): e22292...

of climate change, demonstrating an example of evolutionary change following Bergmann's rule. Aurornis Lack's principle Origin of avian flight Origin...

such activity occurred at the base of Maniraptora, prior to the origin of avian flight. The Cretaceous fossil record of avialans from China is reviewed by...

origin of avian flight rested in a predatory behaviour, the "proavis" jumping on its prey from trees (see pouncing proavis model in Origin of avian flight)...

evolution of flight. Feduccia's skepticism about the origin of birds from theropods and a "ground-up" origin of avian flight, which in the absence of any evidence...

"Assessing Arboreal Adaptations of Bird Antecedents: Testing the Ecological Setting of the Origin of the Avian Flight Stroke". PLOS ONE. 6 (8): e22292...

lake and marine deposits (see Origin of avian flight). In 2004, scientists analysing a detailed CT scan of the braincase of the London Archaeopteryx concluded...

would eventually give rise to the origin of flight in avian species. Evolution of birds Origin of avian flight Origin of birds Zhang, H.; Wang, M.; Liu,...

modern-day surviving avian lineage (birds) are generally small due to the constraints of flight, many prehistoric dinosaurs (non-avian and avian) were large-bodied—the...