Reddit Animals

MAY 9, 2023

It was specifically a video about the primate or ape Gigantopithecus. I posit a question here, because I'm not sure where it goes, and I suppose it is an animal thing. I was just watching a video online. And I am completely intrigued. The way they described it made it seem that line was kind of blurred there. So, it died out.

Apes 52

Apes Primates Monkeys Science 52

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

We are on the threshold, just stepping across it really, of understanding one of the most important evolutionary events that ever happened. It has evolved in non-vertebrate animals like insects more than once. Science 12 December 2014: 346 (6215), 1253293 [DOI:10.1126/science.1253293]. I speak of flight, of course.

Rodents 184

Rodents Primates Bats Science 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

But it is utterly bewildering to me to see news reports about this recent science that read “… An icon knocked from its perch&# or “Archaeopteryx no longer first bird.&# These animals were small, had highly efficient respiratory systems, were feather-clad, and may have soared around a bit. Flight is an example.

Mammals 242

Mammals Europe Groups Family 242