“Science” Issue Depicts The First Birds To Be Poor Fliers
May 17th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by GDBy Ranjan Bhaduri
London, May 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Recent discoveries and researches have proved the fact that the earlier birds were poor fliers. Reportedly, the researchers believe that birds of earlier centuries lacked strong feathers which prevented them to have a strong flight as compared to the birds of the present age. However, the poor fliers were pretty smart gliders as it has been depicted in the case of Archaeopteryx which is said to be the bird of most primitive origin. The particular study which deals with the flight of the early birds was published in the current issue of “Science”.
The study throws light upon the fact that birds in today’s world are reported to have a shaft central which is pretty strong and accounts for its smart and strong flight. The whole action is said to reduce the body weight of the bird which was never possible in the case of Archaeopteryx which was the earliest of all winged creatures and apparently the most weakest.
Robert Nudds from the University of Manchester along with Gareth Dyke of University College of Dublin are the chief brains behind the research study that was published in the “Science” issue. The bird in discussion; Archaeopteryx dates back to the Jurassic age where the dinosaurs were the only dominant creatures on this planet.
The paleontologists are of the opinion that it is the Archaeopteryx which was the first of the prominent winged creature which had its origin from the winged dinosaurs which could fly over a small distance. Moving ahead these animals gained actual flight in due course of their flapping of wings.
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