The Evolution of Hummingbirds

Today Hummingbirds are only found in north and south America but over 30 million years ago a fossil of a hummingbird was discovered in southern Germany, and is the oldest known fossil of a hummingbird known. How, did it get there and how did hummingbirds evolve to hover and live off of nectar.

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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.0580
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Fossil-hummingbirds-in-the-Old-World-Mayr/ac4717e0fe05d57a854c0d657645434c6beb5a59?p2df
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