Seymour Flops
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Yes, I've heard that theory, but I don't know how to describe it without sounding sarcastic. It's about a flap of skin developing under the arm of a tree-dwelling animal that gradually evolves into gliding wings, which turn into flapping, flying wings?What you fail to take into account is that gliding is likely a precursor (prototype?) for flight. Plenty of animals have developed the ability to glide to various degrees.
Could you explain that for us, including the number of mutations required to go from a non-gliding/flying animal to animal that can take off from the ground and fly for long periods of time?
Also tell us if the same evolutionary process independently created flying insects, flying mammals and flying birds?