• Question: why didn't dinosaurs evolve the same way humans did?

    Asked by anon-191172 to Kathryn, Graeme, Chris, Anne, Agnes, Adam on 9 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Anne Green

      Anne Green answered on 9 Nov 2018:

      I don’t know. As a physicist I don’t know much about dinosaurs or human evolution.

    • Photo: Kathryn

      Kathryn answered on 10 Nov 2018:

      Dinosaur evolved through survival of the fittest. They would have evolved int he same manner but after a time it was the small mammals that thrived and produced us humans and all other mammals. Some dinosaurs did survive but evolved into birds. Have you ever seen a birds leg? It appears scaly with large claws, just like a dinosaur.

    • Photo: Agnes Wojtusiak

      Agnes Wojtusiak answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      There was a sudden change in the world – maybe from an asteroid hitting – and there was less food available. Many dinosaurs were too big to be able to change and adapt quickly enough, I guess, while smaller animals found it easier.

    • Photo: Adam McGuinness

      Adam McGuinness answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      I don’t know, sorry!

    • Photo: Graeme Poole

      Graeme Poole answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Dinosaurs were reptiles, humans are mammals. They have very different evolution paths going back billions of years.

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