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Dinosaurs were not the first creatures to walk the earth, they were preceded by countless other animals, including our synapsid relatives, early tetrapods and of course, the insects. By the time dinosaurs appeared the Earth had already seen a multitude of living beings come and go.

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we only know that because we have scientists that have clues and knowledge that we need

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We know that dinosaurs existed by the fossils, eggs and footprints they left behind.

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Large numbers of dinosaur bones, as well as some other dinosaur remnants, have been dug up out of the ground.

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When a dinosaur died, sometimes its bones became fossilized (turned into rock). We can find those fossilized bones today.

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Archeologists located fossils of dinosaurs in the earth to prove their existence.

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Fossilised remains - and bone fragments unearthed in archaeological digs, coupled with carbon dating.

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Because we found their bones.

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How do sceintists know about the dinosaurs?

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