No Flap -- Earliest Birds Were Poor Flyers (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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No Flap -- Earliest Birds Were Poor Flyers (1 of 2)

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This is a life reconstruction of the earliest fossil bird, Archaeopteryx. This image relates to an article that appeared in the May 14, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Robert Nudds of University of Manchester in Manchester, UK, and Dr. Gareth Dyke of University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland, is titled, "Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx Suggest Poor Flight Ability."

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Artwork by Todd Marshall

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