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Why do scientists believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs?
Scientists believe birds evolved from dinosaurs because of several pieces of evidence, such as shared skeletal features, fossil records of "transitional" bird-like dinosaurs, and genetic similarities. These connections suggest that birds are the descendants of a group of small theropod dinosaurs.
What do scientists believe dinosaurs evolved from?
Birds, which are not just considered descendants of dinosaurs; they are dinosaurs.
What was similar to both dinosaurs and birds?
Birds are more like dinosaurs to the extent that many scientists say that they are dinosaurs.
Most scientists now believe that birds evolved directly from bipedal?
Theropod dinosaurs, based on fossil and genetic evidence. Theropods share skeletal and anatomical features with birds, suggesting a common evolutionary ancestor. This hypothesis is supported by discoveries of transitional fossils, such as Archaeopteryx, that exhibit characteristics of both dinosaurs and birds.
What animal did scientists believe were most similar to dinosaurs?
The birds, having evolved from dinosaurs, are their closest living relatives. Crocodilians are the second closest relative of dinosaurs.
Are dinosaurs exint?
NO! Many scientists believe that dinosaurs evolved into modern day birds. In addition, some reptiles and fish were living with the dinosaurs, such as the crocodile, and have remained virtually unchanged.
Do dinosaurs still live?
Technically scientists believe dinosaurs exsist in the form of birds and other reptiles. There are also crocodileswhich the oldest dinosaurs evolved into, so the dinosaurs really never went extinct!
Did dinosaurs evolve into reptiles?
No. Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles. Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
Can scientists bring back dinosaurs?
No. However scientists have discovered that birds are in fact the descendants of dinosaurs (they did not all die out and their descendants evolved into birds). Thus there are in fact dinosaurs living in the wold today, just not big scary ones with sharp teeth!
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.
Which animal was alive first birds or dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs evolved first and then some dinosaurs evolved into birds. So all birds are technically dinosaurs.
Was there ducks living with the dinosaurs?
No. The dinosaurs evolved into ducks after. Ducks ARE dinosaurs, but they didn't live WITH them.
