/channels/taxonomy/term/14407/all en /channels/news/how-birds-got-their-wings-230586 <p>Birds originated from a group of small, meat-eating theropod dinosaurs called maniraptorans sometime around 150 million years ago. Recent findings from around the world show that many maniraptorans were very bird-like, with feathers, hollow bones, small body sizes and high metabolic rates. </p> <p> Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:48:12 +0000 webfull 98755 at /channels