Chinese Fossil Reveals an Early Bird That Could Not Fly

Colombia One · 16/10/2026, 16:35:00

A fossil from southeastern China is challenging the idea that early bird evolution was driven primarily by the development of flight. Named Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis, the crow-sized animal lived about 150 million years ago, but its unusually short wings and long hindlimbs indicate that it was adapted to life on the ground rather than powered flight. […]