Evolution: Flight of the Ratites.
The flightless ratite birds are scattered all across the Southern hemisphere, on landmasses that have long been separated from each other. But how did they get there? They flew in from the North.
Florian Maderspacher is Current Biology's Senior Reviews Editor. Electronic address: florian.maderspacher@current-biology.com.
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