进化：以脆弱的羽翼翱翔。

Evolution: taking wing with weak feathers.

机构信息

Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleonanthropology, Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing 100044, China.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2012 Dec 4;22(23):R992-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.015.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.015

PMID:23218012

Abstract

Scientists long thought they knew what the wings of early birds looked like. But new reconstructions of Archaeopteryx and its kin suggest quite different feather arrangements on their wings with profound implications for the evolution of flight.

摘要

科学家们长期以来一直认为他们知道早期鸟类的翅膀是什么样子的。但是对始祖鸟及其近亲的新重建表明，它们翅膀上的羽毛排列方式大不相同，这对飞行的进化有着深远的影响。