Revolutionary Feathered Dinosaur Discovery in China Suggests Flight Evolved Multiple Times
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“The discovery of a well-preserved fossil of a new dinosaur species, Norellraptor barsboldi, in China suggests that flight may have evolved multiple times in dinosaur history.”
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