Are Birds Modern Day Dinosaurs National Geographic The Mother Of An asteroid strike 66 million years ago devastated the dinosaurs. but today’s birds are proof there were a few survivors. subscribe: bit.ly natgeosu. These are the dinosaurs that didn't die. more than 10,000 species still roam the earth. we call them birds. by victoria jaggard. photographs by robert clark. 25 min read. this story appears in the.
Are Birds Modern Day Dinosaurs National Geographic The Mother Of Yes, birds are dinosaurs. shaun hurrell interviews dinosaur evolution expert professor roger benson to unearth the latest research on the origin of birds. roger benson’s latest paper features a feathered, chicken sized, bird like dinosaur revealed to have the hearing ability to rival a barn owl – a specialised nocturnal predator. The current biology journal report released on thursday confirms this new picture, finding that the dinosaur forebears of birds began gradually evolving avian traits almost as soon as dinosaurs. The birds of today are most closely related to a group of two legged theropods that weighed between 100 pounds and 500 pounds, huge by modern day bird standards, scientific american reports. when the asteroid struck 66 million years ago, most dinosaurs were forced into extinction, but the bird like dinosaurs survived. in the millions of years. Because this creature has features of both reptilian dinos and birds, scientists learned that modern birds are actually the living descendants of dinosaurs. fossil finds. found in a limestone quarry in germany in 1861, the first archaeopteryx fossil astonished scientists—they believed they’d discovered the world’s first bird. they named.
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