If you ’re a truster in science , you ’re probably at least vaguely aware that predominate possibility posit that the shuttle of today are distant relatives to the dinosaurs that go bad off millions of eld ago .
Which form sense ! I intend , Jurassic Park , number ON ! Er … but it ’s really a footling bit weird because on the airfoil it ’s not clean how that works .
How precisely does a creature evolve feathering necessary for flight when there ’s no clear value to the incremental stage ? You ask all of the feathers to fly . Just a few wo n’t do it . The archaeological record suggests that dinosaurs had feathers on their arse arms and heads for ornament and intimidation , but that does n’t provide a full explanation of how fully - fledge birds claim flight of stairs .
Well , as the narrator excuse starting at about 2:35 into the TED ( yes , TED ) television above , even just a few feathers would have given dinosaur some lift when run , helping them run faster . This small advantage developed over meg of year could have evolved into flight . sound reasonable . [ TED ]
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