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THE wings of insects are outgrowths of the thorax, quite independent of the limbs. The difficulty of picturing their origin in evolution is that of imagining what selective value they could have had during the primitive stages of their development.
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WIGGLESWORTH, V. Origin of Wings in Insects. Nature 197, 97–98 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197097b0
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