Tag Archive for 'Hopping'

An illustration of Archaeopteryx. Image credit: Mark Witton.

Archaeopteryx Took Off with Series of Hops, Not One Big Leap: Study

Aug 17, 2026 by Natali Anderson

Archaeopteryx — the first ever bird to inhabit the Earth — may have hopped its way into the air, rather than launching with the single powerful...

Simosthenurus occidentalis. Image credit: Nellie Pease / ARC CoE CABAH / CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed.

Pleistocene-Age Fossils Reveal Hopping Wasn’t Just for Small Kangaroos

Jan 23, 2026 by News Staff

New research by paleontologists from the University of Bristol, the University of Manchester and the University of Melbourne finds that giant ancestors...

An artist’s impression of Nombe nombe (right) and other prehistoric animals from Nombe Rockshelter, Papua New Guinea. Image credit: Peter Shouten.

Ancient Kangaroos Didn’t Hop, Paleontologists Say

Jun 13, 2023 by News Staff

In a new study, paleontologists from the United Kingdom and Sweden reviewed the fossil evidence of locomotion of kangaroos and their relatives (wallabies,...