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Did birds evolve from lizards

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No, birds didn't evolve from lizards, but they did evolve from dinosaurs, a different group of reptiles. Dinosaurs are different from lizards especially because of their hip structure. Birds descended from a group of dinosaurs known as theropods (bipedal carnivores)

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