Treffer: Simulating Extinct Species.

Scientists study how extinct creatures moved by analyzing fossils, trackways, and comparisons with modern animals, then testing these ideas through detailed computer simulations. Advances in computing power and machine learning now allow researchers to build increasingly realistic digital models, helping them probe questions such as when bipedalism emerged or how ancient species achieved feats like running or flight. Recent studies—including simulations of Australopithecus afarensis and pterosaurs—show how virtual reconstructions can reveal limitations, efficiencies, and likely movement strategies in vanished organisms. Ongoing improvements in hardware and modeling techniques promise even deeper insight into the evolution of locomotion.