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A 150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Flight Mystery May Finally Have an Answer
AI KEY TAKEAWAYS (TL;DR)
- Archaeopteryx may have taken off by using two or three powerful leaps to reach the speed needed for sustained flight
- With wings that could not lift high above its back and no keeled breastbone to power a modern-style launch, Archaeopteryx faced a basic problem: how did this early bird get off the ground
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Archaeopteryx may have taken off by using two or three powerful leaps to reach the speed needed for sustained flight. With wings that could not lift high above its back and no keeled breastbone to power a modern-style launch, Archaeopteryx faced a basic problem: how did this early bird get off the ground? New research [...]
