Flying Mammals
New research shows the flying way of life evolved among mammalian ancestors 100 million years earlier than the first modern mammal fliers. Illustration by April I. Neander/University of Chicago
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First Winged Mammals From the Jurassic Period Discovered

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Flying Mammals
New research shows the flying way of life evolved among mammalian ancestors 100 million years earlier than the first modern mammal fliers. Illustration by: April I. Neander/University of Chicago

160 million-year-old fossils suggest flying was evolutionary parallel to modern mammal gliders

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2017

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Two 160 million-year-old mammal fossils discovered in China show that the forerunners of mammals in the Jurassic Period evolved to glide and live in trees. With long limbs,…

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