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I've heard Archaeopteryx could glide/fly (just poorly), but birds descended from it evolved to fly much better. Could a currently living species that glides, like flying squirrels and sugar gliders, have descendant species that also evolve the capacity to fly millions of years from now?

by /u/serenity78 in /r/askscience

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