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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Julia Musto

Dinosaur ‘drumsticks’ helped penguins waddle, turkeys trot millions of years later

While scientists have linked dinosaurs to birds through feathers and wings, new research from Yale University has identified a different area of focus.

Although the wing may be an obvious choice, paleontologists at the elite Ivy League college in Connecticut prefer drumsticks.

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