Decoupling body shape and mass distribution in birds and their dinosaurian ancestors
Here, the authors track the evolution of mass distribution through bird evolution challenging suggested coupling between body shape and centre-of-mass position, and instead showing that crouched bipedalism evolved after powered flight.
Main Authors: | Sophie Macaulay, Tatjana Hoehfurtner, Samuel R. R. Cross, Ryan D. Marek, John R. Hutchinson, Emma R. Schachner, Alice E. Maher, Karl T. Bates |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37317-y |
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