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Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?

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But that is because we often have the relationship between dinosaurs and birds reversed in our little primate minds; Much of what is bird-like is not exclusive to birds, but rather, to a larger group of dinosaurs. Among mammals, bipedalism is found in several rodents, a number of marsupials, and one primate.

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Come@Me: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle

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For example, “the Ungulata include hooved animals with multi-chambered stomachs, except the whales.”. Some sort of ancient fish-with-feet is the ancestors of humans. Therefore, humans are fish with feet, right? A term like “hooved animals” is monophyletic and a perfectly sound adaptive group, except for the whales.

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