People are capable of incredible things, but we, alas, cannot fly on our own. But what if we could? What would be our wings? People have no hollow bones, like birds, and therefore the scope of our wings would be huge to tear us away from the ground, writes Live Science.

In a new study, scientists focused on calculating what the size of our wings would actually be if people knew how to fly. According to a biology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hendrika, they and colleagues have shown that an average person weighing about 70 kilograms and a height of at least 1.5 meters of wings wings would reach 6 meters.

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Hendrick came to this conclusion, using an equation developed by Robert Vods, a senior teacher of biological sciences at the University of Manchester. It should be noted that the ODDS described this equation in its article back in 2007 - the article was devoted to the scaling of the parameters of the wings of birds in relation to body weight.

According to the researcher at the Institute of Dinosaurs of the Museum of the Natural History of the Los Angeles Michael Khabiba district, science indicates that only the presence of wings is simply not enough for people to fly. In fact, other features will be required in addition to the wings.

Firstly, it all depends on which wings we will have. The classic look of an angel depicts a flying person with a huge pair of feathered wings protruding from the back. According to Khabib, anatomically, for this, a separate shoulder blade would be required, as well as the flying muscles that cover the chest and back.

At the same time, scientists believe that the wings of a bat, are much more appropriate for people. In this configuration, the whole arm and brush will stretch, creating a wingspan of 6 meters. The fleshy membrane wing would cover these limbs. But in order for this to work, the rest of our body should have to produce enough energy, which would require strong muscles. In birds, an average of 16% to 18% of the muscle mass is on the muscles used for flight. Some have up to 30% of the muscle mass.. It is also true for bats, although the mass is distributed by a larger number of muscles. According to Khabib, this is what distinguishes the structure of their body from non -lethal animals. Scientists believe that people probably had a strongly sticking chest and an incredibly embossed back.

Secondly, the type of flying people also matters. According to Khabib, the fact is that not everyone is flying the same. That is, how we fly is determined by our anatomy. There are several types of flight, including:.

Scientists note that each of these specializations implies different types of wings. For example, a bird that waves wings during the flight has short and strong wings; soaring birds have much longer wings. Researchers believe that people could probably soar.

Thirdly, the take-off itself is important-it is not so easy with 6-meter wings.

According to Hendrick, people could not actively wave their wings to take off, being close to the ground. Researchers believe that people probably could take off from the situation when all four limbs begin with the ground. Pterosaurs were one of the first vertebrates to develop the ability to fly more than 200 million years ago, and probably walked and took off in the same way.

Previously, Focus wrote that scientists told how the world will change if people find the ability to fly.