Sentences with phrase «avian flight»
"Avian flight" refers to the ability of birds to fly in the air. Full definition
«The question of avian flight origins is far from answered.»
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However, this is exactly the sort of tail we see in the earliest birds and their immediate precursors, which means avian flight evolved in animals with long tails.
There are two main theories for how avian flight evolved.
She is particularly interested in how structures in living animals developed and how novel ways of moving — such as avian flight and wing - propelled diving — evolved.
Sure, this is a metaphor (in Dylan's case, for a lost love) but it works because the complexities of avian flight — from migration and navigation to group dynamics — have long been a mystery, one with a preponderance of ideas, but few firm answers.
«This result lends indirect support to the theory that avian flight evolved from tree - dwelling animals and not from land animals that required ground - based running takeoffs,» Peterson says.
Based on the study of exceptionally - preserved feathers from Anchiornis, a bird - like dinosaur that seems to be a «rough draft» of avian flight, a new image may just be the most accurate depiction of any dinosaur to date.