PBS Eons | When Birds Stopped Flying (2018)

Ratites have spread to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. And there are fossils of Ratites in Europe, Asia, and North America too. That’s a lot of ground to cover for birds that can’t fly. So how did Ratites end up all over the world?

2018-11-14 15:00:00 - PBS Eons

Thanks to Ceri Thomas for the Lithornithid reconstruction.

Check out more of Ceri's paleoart at

http://alphynix.tumblr.com and

http://nixillustration.com

Thanks as always to Nobu Tamura for allowing us to use his wonderful paleoart:

http://spinops.blogspot.com

Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios:

http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios

PBS Eons | When Birds Stopped Flying (2018)

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