Post by Admin - Jon on Mar 29, 2013 14:33:29 GMT 1
In this program, NOVA travels to the Chinese stone quarry where the fossil was discovered a famed fossil treasure trove and teams up with the world's leading figures in paleontology, biomechanics, aerodynamics, animation, and scientific reconstruction to perform an unorthodox experiment: a wind tunnel flight test of a scientific replica of the ancient oddity.
Dubbed Microraptor, the crow sized fossil is one of the smallest dinosaurs ever found and one of the most controversial, challenging conventional theories and assumptions about the evolution of flight. Compare Microraptor's skeleton with those of the earliest known bird and a nonflying dino relative.
Dubbed Microraptor, the crow sized fossil is one of the smallest dinosaurs ever found and one of the most controversial, challenging conventional theories and assumptions about the evolution of flight. Compare Microraptor's skeleton with those of the earliest known bird and a nonflying dino relative.