MadSci Network: Evolution |
I don't quite understand your question here. My first problem is your use of the term "coevolution." Coevolution usually refers to correlated changes within two ecologically related species, such as predator and prey or host and parasite. You seem to be using the term to refer to two aspects of the same of the same creature. Most evolutionary scientists prefer to examine the "total morphological pattern," which means that you wouldn't examine just one aspect of an animal without considering its interactions with all its other parts. You seem to be asking about the relationship between flight and stereoscopic vision. I too can only give you opinion, but I can tell you that stereoscopic vision seems to be an important part of arboreal (tree-living) existence. To me, that would suggest that vision came first, flight came second. Some resources you might want to check: Romer, AS (1966) Vertebrate Paleontology. 3rd edition. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. Carroll, RL (1988) Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. WH Freeman and Company: New York.
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