(March 10, 2016 at 12:17 am)ignoramus Wrote: Are they saying that no other animal developed flight independently since then?
Is who saying? Flight, like eyes, has undoubtedly evolved on separate occasions throughout history. Insects, Pterosaurs and Theropodas evolved the ability to fly on divergent evolutionary paths. Different species of theropodas may have developed the ability to fly separately. I'm just doubting Aractus's hypothesis that non-common ancestors of vultures and hummingbirds developed flight on divergent paths. As far as since then I don't have a clue, but I'm not aware of any species that has developed the ability to fly from a non-flying recent ancestor since birds evolved from Theropodas.
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