Re: Theory Sez Flight Evolution Linked To Parental Care

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> Was Archie a flyer at all, considering its almost asymmetrical wing
> feathers?

Almost _symmetrical_, in the peak of the distribution of flightless birds.

J. R. Speakman & S. C. Thomson: Flight capabilities of *Archaeopteryx*,
Nature 370, 514 (18 August 1994)

Also sorry for misquoting Nature ("tto") and forgetting the ref:

Xu Xing, Tang Zhilu & Wang Xiaolin: A therizinosauroid [sic] dinosaur with
integumentary structures from China, Nature 399, 350 -- 354 (27 May 1999),
quoted text from p. 351

Now I'll better go to bed. :-)