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Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?

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Among mammals, bipedalism is found in several rodents, a number of marsupials, and one primate. But overall, it’s not common if you exclude bird and bats, the two main flying vertebrate groups. One of the most interesting differences between birds and dinosaurs has to do with their eggs.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer). If we were to remove the hooved animals and non-Mustelidae carnivores (i.e.,

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