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Earliest birds acted more like turkeys than common cuckoos
11-05-2007 · EurekAlert!The earliest birds acted more like turkeys than common cuckoos, according to a new report in the Nov. 6 issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. By comparing the claw curvatures of ancient and modern birds, the researchers provide new evidence that the evolutionary ancestors of birds primarily made their livings on the ground rather than in trees.
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