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DiscoveriesPterosaurs prove big brains are not needed to fly — in contrast to modern bird ancestors

New scans show pterosaurs flew with small, reptile-like brains, not bird brains, rewriting what science knows about flight.

Joseph Shavit
DiscoveriesTwo 150-million-year-old baby pterosaurs changed what we know about life and deathJoshua Shavit
DiscoveriesNew discovery offers scientists a rare glimpse into how pterosaurs lived and diedJoshua Shavit
DiscoveriesNew fossil discovery reveals how flying reptiles evolved
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