A four-winged dinosaur found by a farmer suggests flight evolved more than once
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“The discovery of a four-winged dinosaur in China, named Norellraptor barsboldi, indicates that flight-related anatomical features evolved in a different order than they did in birds. This suggests that flight may have developed independently multiple times.”
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