Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step
Modern birds evolved from long-tailed dinosaur ancestors through a gradual, step-by-step reduction of the tail rather than a sudden transition, according to a study published July 1 in Science Advances. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Fujian Province Geological Science Research Institute found that the development of the pygostyle—a fused bone … Read more