Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!nntp.terraraq.uk!news1.firedrake.org!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail From: JTEM Newsgroups: talk.origins Subject: Re: Tiny feathered dino may have glided Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:56:46 -0400 Organization: Eek Lines: 22 Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: jtem01@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89"; logging-data="72787"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:/lV349yXUh0q6MvQ3EifMLLwH4M= Return-Path: X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org id 295C4229782; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:56:55 -0400 (EDT) by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1047229765 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:56:52 -0400 (EDT) id D7CE25DF9A; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:56:51 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org by mod-relay-1.kamens.us (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B47125DF99 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:56:51 +0000 (UTC) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-256)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.eternal-september.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7CC65F8A2 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: name/C7CC65F8A2; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com id 55A9BDC01A9; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:56:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Injection-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:56:47 +0200 (CEST) Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX1/NI1Q+yqrpTYY8J7b3ZmismcS1FhiRB+o= FREEMAIL_FORGED_REPLYTO,FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_IN_WELCOMELIST,USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 smtp.eternal-september.org Bytes: 3195 RonO wrote: > https://www.science.org/content/article/glide-and-stride-tiny-feathered- > dino-flapped-it-ran > > A sparrow sized raptor had an extrodinary stride length indicating that > it may have glided between steps.  Maybe like a flying fish on land. The Cursorial theory on the origins of powered flight in birds always made a great deal more sense than the Arboreal. Amongst the obvious facts is that birds are so well adapted to the ground that flightless birds -- secondarily flightless -- began evolving relatively quickly! Not the only piece of evidence but amongst the more obvious... -- https://jtem.tumblr.com/tagged/The%20Book%20of%20JTEM/page/5