Soaring in the Sky -- Exploring the Origins of Animal Flight: Exploring the Origins of Animal Flight

Author: Zhou Zhonghe
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: For thousands of years, humans have admired birds soaring in the sky and have realized their dream of flight through aircraft in the past 100 years. However, insects successfully flew into the sky as early as 300 million years ago; birds with feathered wings took to the skies 150 million years ago; and bats lifted off using wings formed by four elongated fingers 50 million years ago. Even pterosaurs dominated the Earth's skies for 150 million years with their exceptional flying abilities, and their wings were merely composed of one extremely elongated finger. The world of flight is so diverse and fascinating.