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From about 400 million years ago, what creatures were the first ones able to fly?

Question #151376. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Jul 04 2024.
Originally posted Jul 04 2024 8:12 PM.

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Insects started flying about 400 million years ago about the time trees started growing taller. The first non-insect was the Pterosaurs which started to fly around 215 million years ago.

Insects appeared around 500 million years ago, just as the first land plants and stable terrestrial environments evolved,” said Dr. David Yeates, director of the Australian National Insect Collection. “And as soon as these early plants started to develop height, which is about 400 million years ago, insects developed wings.

https://entomologytoday.org/2014/11/07/insects-were-first-animals-to-develop-wings-more-than-400-million-years-ago/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pterosaurs-were-monsters-of-the-mesozoic-skies/

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Jul 04 2024, 8:14 PM

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From about 400 million years ago, what creatures were the first ones able to fly?

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