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Why do scientists think that some dinosaurs are like today's birds?
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becuase of simalarities
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What was around longer birds or dinosaurs?
Both. If you think about it, birds evolved from dinosaurs, and some think birds are the only living dinosaurs left.
Do dinosaurs still live to this day?
Dinosaurs as most people think of them are completely extinct. However, birds evolved from dinosaurs, and as such, are considered to be a group of dinosaurs. Since birds are still alive today, so are some dinosaurs. No dinosaurs other than birds are alive today, though.
Did people hunt dinosaurs?
Not dinosaurs as we traditionally think of them. "Classic" dinosaurs went extinict long before any people were around. However, scientists now know that one group of dinosaurs lives to this day: birds. Birds of various types have long been hunted by humans.
What observations did scientists make about dinosaurs that made them think dinosuars were not lizards?
dinosaurs shared many features with todays lizards. they had skeletons with backbones. they had scales. many walked on four legs. but there differences between the two groups of animals. dinosaurs legs go almost straight down from their bodies. legs of todays lizards stick out more from the sides of the bodies. some dinosaurs share many features with birds. for instance, some dinosaurs had features and a wishbone! also, a few fossils have included more than just bones. these fossils have shown that some dinosaurs had a heart that is similar to a birds or a mammals heart. NOTE: ( i got this info from my science book )
What observations did scientists make about dinosaurs that made them think dinosaurs were not l izards?
-Dinosaurs have thin/hollow bones, like birds. -Many dinosaurs take care of their young. -Dinosaurs can walk upright (some, at least). -The hip structure of dinosaurs is dissimilar to that of a lizard.
What observations did scientists make about dinosaurs that made them think dinosaurs were not lizards?
They found a dinner set by a T-rex's claw and now believe they are mammals as intelligent as dolphins no there are birds they evoled feathers
What dinosaur is a reptile?
Yes, Dinosaurs were reptiles. Did you know Dinosaurs closest living relatives may be birds?EDIT: Birds ARE dinosaurs and therefore Birds are also reptiles!When most people think of reptiles they think of cold blooded, scaly, sprawling lizards and crocodiles. Birds on the other hand are the only type of warm blooded, fuzzy reptiles alive today.Crocodilians are dinosaurs and birds closest living relatives.
Do scientists think dinosaurs are amphibians or reptiles?
no, they are considered to be an actual type of reptile.
Why do we think birds Evolved from crocodiles and alligators?
They didn't but they do share a common ancestor. Looking at fossils, scientists have determined that bird evolved from small carnivorous dinosaurs. Both dinosaurs and crocodiles stem from a group of reptiles called archosaurs.
What made scientists think birds and reptiles were related?
Scientist think that birds are related to dinosaurs because as you study the fossilised bones of certain therapod dinosaurs especially dromaeosaurs you start to notice many similarities between them and modern day birds. The famous archeopteryx for example, which is historically considered the first bird, looked very much like a bird but still had claws on its wings and had a mouth full of teeth. Other dinosaurs from the same time period look even more like birds. In fact experiments done on modern day bird embryos show that if you play around with the genes of birds you can engineer dinosaur features such as teeth, long dinosaur tails etc. All the key features that people associate with birds developed when they were still dinosaurs. Dinosaurs had feathers, dinosaurs had oval shaped eggs, dinosaurs had beaks. The morphology of birds is so similar to some dinosaurs that scientist are starting to consider birds as not just related to dinosaurs but actually as avian dinosaurs.
Why do scientists think that dinosasurs evolved into birds?
90% of modern birds
How might dinosaurs have beeen more like birds and unlike reptiles?
Well, most paleontologists think that because alot of raptor type dinosaurs stood like birds. There was also some evidence of feathered-dinosaurs, that looked like birds.
