There are man theories out there that conclude that the mighty age of the dinosaurs did not end 65 million years ago, but is actually still going on through our modern day birds.
I believe this is true. Look at the claws of a Turkey and then look at the bones of a T-rex exhibit, they are very much a like in structure.
It is believed some dinosaurs had feathers. and of corse there is archaeopteryx. and of course most birds of prey are in the Raptor family. NOt sure I see to much connection between T-Rex and turkeys. though t-rex was a lizard-hipped dinosaur rather than a bird-hipped one dunno how much diference that makes though.
Basically, evolutionary theories say that birds are the direct descendants of dinosaurs. Not that they ARE dinosaurs, but they are the most direct line of evolution from them.
And yeah, I think that makes sense. Your thread title doesn't, though. :P
Tyrannosaurus.....oh wow! You didn't misspell it! *pats you on the head* Anyways, I beleive strongly in evolution, especially after I learned heredity and genetics in science class. I found out that DNA have little mutations, which are totally normal, and sometimes had to do with evolution as well. I thought it was interesting, and could easily relate to evolution. So that's mainly why I beleive in evolution, and Archeopteryx has stone cold proof. It's an absolute that it was real, so I think that most birds had been genetic mutations between generations. That's just what I think though.
Well, some of the reptiles were about even then, or in the time just after.
A little off topic: I find the whales and dolphines and those really cool because, well, gong out of the water, and then adjusting to the water once again? That is just... Plain cool. [/brain dead]
When i read the thread title. ''What the...Hmm..T-REX to Turkey...Some T-REXes are coming to Turkey.S***!We are gonna die !'' LOL PS:I live in Turkey.(How weird...-A stranger)
In some ways I believe it's true, but if you compare the two by size and other chracteristics, besides bone structure....it's rather far-fetched don't ya think? So, I don't think it's true either.
Not just birds, but other reptiles, like crocodiles as well. Some marine animals also carry those traits.
Crocodiles have, as far as I know, never been considered actual dinosaurs. But as sharks and dragonflies their design have not changed noticeably for millions of years.
@Fyrefox: The line is not supposed to go directly from the big dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurus to turkeys. It's something about a small branch of small predatory dinosaurs that broke away from the other lines a looooooooong time ago and started growing feathers and wings... Actually there are some theories that a lot of dinosaurs had feathers (or not feathers, but those really short fluffy things that I can't remember what's called in English)... But no proofs, because feathery things usually do not leave much of a mark in stone.
Oh, btw... Very random: "any of the light horny epidermal outgrowths that form the external covering of the body of birds and that consist of a shaft bearing on each side a series of barbs which bear barbules which in turn bear barbicels commonly ending in hooked hamuli and interlocking with the barbules of an adjacent barb to link the barbs into a continuous vane" Merriam-Webster entry about feathers. I found it funny.
I actually believe that the image people think of dinosaurs is wrong. I think they were covered in feathers like giant chickens. They are related to the bird, but have the skin of lizards?
