David Marjanovic wrote:
I still don't know why everyone seems to assume that *Microraptor* and the like were arboreal. The 1st toe was a bit longer than usual, but still short, and its position is unknown; the phalangeal proportions are still on the terrestrial side;
the body size means nothing; and the foot feathers could or could not have hindered running, we don't know, because we don't know if the feathers were foldable (among other things).
Tim