0
Why are bones studied when trying to determine the origins of birds?
Wiki User
∙ 7y ago
It depends on what they are studying. As far as age goes, carbon content, or carbon dating. Scientists can measure the carbon content in a birds bones and come to there conclusion of how long ago it lived. They also could be looking at it for comparative reasons, such as, a bird in Asia's bone density would be different than a similar species in North America:-)
Heaven Wisoky
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoIt depends on what they are studying. As far as age goes, carbon content, or carbon dating. Scientists can measure the carbon content in a birds bones and come to there conclusion of how long ago it lived. They also could be looking at it for comparative reasons, such as, a bird in Asia's bone density would be different than a similar species in North America:-)
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How do you determine the sex of mynah birds?
Bird DNA testing
What animal did Darwin study the most?
Darwin loved collecting beetles. Yet he studied birds closely on the Galapagos Islands.
What is a dichotomus key?
A physical representation to identify specific animals in a group, for example if you are trying to identify a specific bird you could use a dichotomous key of all birds to find one.
What type of bird is a perching birds?
A stick, pole, or bar to alight, rest, or cause to rest on or as if on a perch the bird perched on the branch.
What statement describes the best procedures to determine if a vaccine for a disease in a certain bird species of effective?
Vaccinate 50 birds, do not vaccinate 50 other birds, and expose all 100 to the disease.
Which bird parasites are studied to determine the evolutionary relationships between different families of birds?
Feather lice.
What is the activation key for Angry Birds space origins?
marco
What organism did Charles Darwin study?
He mainly studied birds; finches were the main ones he studied.
Which Indian ornithologist studied birds of the Indian subcontinent in details?
salim ali
What did Charles study?
Charles Darwin studied birds, medicine, and theory of evolution.
What did Darwins study?
Charles Darwin studied birds, medicine, and theory of evolution.
How were planes invented?
It was invented by Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright by studying how birds fly. When they were child, their parents prison(not actually) them to a library and through there they studied facts. When they grew up, they studied how birds fly and finally they made it.
Why did Leonardo de vinci study birds?
Birds fly through the air. De Vinci studied them to see if he could create a flying machine.
In birds do females determine the sex of the offspring?
yes.
How do you determine a birds sex?
Take your penis and plundge it into its...
What did john audubon contribute to SCIENCE?
he studied birds thats how he contrbuted ti science :D
Why did Charles Darwin want to know about evolution?
he just studied birds and turtles... evolution was his theory
