Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?

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Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. I'm here to tell you that's wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you don't have to go to Jurassic World to see them (although hanging out with Chris Pratt would be cool)
We have living dinosaurs all around us. We just call them "birds". Yes. Birds are dinosaurs.

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More info/sources:

Great Audubon article on dinosaur-bird evolution http://www.audubon.org/magazine/janua...
Dig deeper with this hour-long Yale lecture by Dr. Richard Prum:    • 10/8/05  Richard Prum - The Evolution...  
Dr. John Hutchinson's research on dinosaur/bird posture
http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/0...
Chickens wearing prosthetic tails, for science!
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
T. rex had a wishbone: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science...
Did prey grasping of dinosaurs evolve into bird flight stroke? http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebra...
Reconstructing dinosaur sounds http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN12-19...
Great TED-Ed video on the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs:    • How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer  
Brian Switek on dinosaur feathers: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?ne...
What do birds see? http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines...
Tetrachromacy and feathers in dinosaurs: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346...


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