Birds are Dinosaurs - How Taxonomy Works

We often get comments which argue that birds aren't dinosaurs, or otherwise totally misunderstand how scientists research how animals are related to one another. That's the process of taxonomy, where researchers look for different traits, run some statistical tests, and then get a phylogeny. And from that scientists try to piece together the history of life.

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