Timeline for Has evolution made a mistake with prehistoric animals?
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| Oct 12, 2018 at 15:23 | comment | added | StupidOne | @Chris I don't see them as unsuccessful. In fact, I'm very impressed by them. I am just curious was one trait of them, size, theirs disadvantage (especially when you compare them with todays land animals). | |
| Oct 12, 2018 at 15:18 | vote | accept | StupidOne | ||
| Oct 12, 2018 at 2:38 | comment | added | jamesqf | You overlook one obvious factor. It's a lot easier to find big dinosaur bones (or bones of any sort) than little ones. I'd also guess that the bones of big creatures are more likely to be preserved in recognizable form... | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 19:58 | comment | added | Remi.b | Dinosaurs have been roaming the earth for 230 millions years. Birds are dinosaurs. Let's avoid fueling a weird non-monophyletic categorization to please a vague intuition. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 16:59 | answer | added | Remi.b | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 14:35 | answer | added | John | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 13:55 | comment | added | Chris♦ | You see them as unsuccessful? They roamed the planet for about 170 million years, which I find pretty impressive. If conditions change fast (like they did 66 Mio years ago) such animals cannot adapt fast enough. | |
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 13:44 | history | asked | StupidOne | CC BY-SA 4.0 |