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Off to a flying jump-start

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Birds rely on their legs, not their wings, to take flight. Could this also be how their distant ancestors got off the ground? John Whitfield investigates. start in life, explains David Adam.

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  1. Earls,K. D. Kinematics and mechanics of ground take-off in the starling Sturnis vulgaris and the quail Coturnix coturnix. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 725 - 739 2000.

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Whitfield, J. Off to a flying jump-start. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000316-1

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