dinosaurs and birds

Dinosaurs and Birds Nat 305 Christopher Meadows 11-2-00 Are birds really dinosaurs or are they simply related? That is a question that has gained new life in recent years due to the overwhelming facts the are pouring in from newly found fossils and studies from fossils that have been found in the past. Two groups have formed in the study of this question: those who believe birds are a direct result of dinosaurs and those …

…this argument is the time scale in which the fossils are found. Feduccia feels that one of the biggest problems is the “time paradox,” meaning that the so-called birdlike dinosaurs came too late to address avian evolution. Supporters of the theory feel they will eventually find the fossils they need to prove the “birds are dinosaurs theory” but it takes time to fill the gaps in the geologic fossil record and discover the “missing links.”