The Aquatic Ape theory is bunk, but Aquatic Sparrow theory just got a huge boost. There is no way I can explain the Big Evolution News Of The Day as well as Grrrlscientist did, so please go here and enjoy the amazing news of the wading/aquatic ancestors of all modern birds, with the beuatiful pictures of excuisitely well-preserved fossils from China.
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