Virginia Tech: 'You Don't Need a Big Brain to Fly' and Other Lessons From the First Flying Reptiles
December 04, 2025
December 04, 2025
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 4 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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'You don't need a big brain to fly' and other lessons from the first flying reptiles
Paleontologists pin down brain evolution in the first flying reptiles.
By Kelly Izlar
Flight evolved only three times among vertebrates: in bats, birds, and the extinct flying reptile called pterosaurs.
Of these, pterosaurs were the . . .
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'You don't need a big brain to fly' and other lessons from the first flying reptiles
Paleontologists pin down brain evolution in the first flying reptiles.
By Kelly Izlar
Flight evolved only three times among vertebrates: in bats, birds, and the extinct flying reptile called pterosaurs.
Of these, pterosaurs were the . . .