Zhou Zhonghe

Co-author of the study, paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

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Born: January 19, 1965, Jiangdu District

Education: University of Kansas, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Nanjing University

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

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Earliest known flightless bird lived alongside flying Jurassic species

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Paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology who commented on the discovery

A crow-sized bird that lived 150 million years ago in southeastern China never flew. Its fossil, described October 14 in the journal Nature, is the earliest known flightless bird, which means flightlessness appeared almost as soon as birds did.

Updated Oct 25