pbs-eons 5 years ago

When Birds Stopped Flying

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?

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



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