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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, you could say, “among mammals, only three families include species with a meaningful degree of root eating” or “within the family that includes lemmings and voles, there is a mixture of monogamous and polygynous species” and so on. That was useful, and it is still useful, even if there are often major exceptions. Think about it.

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