A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...

Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains.

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A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

New findings add to evidence that enlarged brains seen in modern birds and presumably in their prehistoric ancestors were not the driver of pterosaurs’ ability to achieve flight, says @HopkinsMedicine ...

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“Interestingly, we found that pterosaurs had relatively small brains, comparable in size to those of non-flying dinosaurs and ...

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