The Fossil Record Reveals That the Structure of Shoulder Joints

question 63

Multiple Choice

The fossil record reveals that the structure of shoulder joints in birds, which is essential for flight, is an adaptation that originated in ____.

• A) nonflying birds
• B) ancient bats
• C) ancestral birds
• D) nonflying dinosaurs
• E) flying dinosaurs

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