Wikipedia - Dinosaur
Reverse genetic engineering[4] and the fossil record both demonstrate that birds are modern feathered dinosaurs,[5] having evolved from earlier theropods during the late Jurassic Period.[6] As such, birds were the only dinosaur lineage to survive the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago.[7]
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inverse.com - Birds aren’t just the closest living relatives of dinosaurs — they are dinosaurs.
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Monday, August 13, 2018
Birds aren’t just the closest living relatives of dinosaurs — they are dinosaurs. Everyday I eat dinosaur thighs (aka chicken thighs).
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