Evolutionary tree showing the position of Yuezhuornis as one of the earliest branching of birds. The right panes show the fore limb evolution across dinosaur-bird transition (IMAGE)

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Evolutionary tree showing the position of Yuezhuornis as one of the earliest branching of birds. The right panes show the fore limb evolution across dinosaur-bird transition

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Evolutionary tree showing the position of Yuezhuornis as one of the earliest branching of birds. The right panes show the fore limb evolution across dinosaur-bird transition.

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Image by Min Wang.

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