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This project explores the origin of avian flight by digitally reconstructing Mesozoic birds from fossil remains. Using advanced imaging techniques, it aims to analyze their locomotion and flight capabilities, providing insights into the evolutionary transition from dinosaurs to modern birds.
The origin of avian flight is possibly the most spectacular example of an evolutionary transition and, consequently, has aroused passionate scientific debate and fired public attention.
The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within theropods (a group of carnivorous dinosaurs that includes species such as Tyrannosaurus rex) in the Late Jurassic.
Mesozoic birds are extremely rare.
Their fossil remains are mostly known from exceptional sites such as that of Las Hoyas, in Spain.
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