Modern birds evolved from dinosaurs, but it's not clear how well birds' ancient dino ancestors could fly ( SN: 10/28/16).Now, a look at the fossilized feet of one nonavian dinosaur suggests that it may have hunted on the wing, like some hawks today.The crow-sized Microraptor had toe pads very similar to those of modern raptors that can hunt in the air, researchers report December 20 in Nature Communications.
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