What if the dinosaurs hadn't dies out, and ended up evolving?

Question

If the dinosaurs didn't die out would they have evolved into the dominant species that would be living today?

Answer 1

I suppose that's an impossible question to answer, really. They probably would have continued to be dominant. Mammals would never have been secure enough to evolve into larger species, for the most part, and we might not exist. Or, we could have evolved along with them, they would have been much farther along mentally and socially, and, who knows, we may have ended up draft animals. Dinosaurs died 65 millions years ago, but people didn't become recognizably human until about 5 million years ago. So, we either wouldn't have evolved, or we would never have been dominant, unless and until the dino-rulers fell out of environmental favour and we stepped into their place.

Answer 2

No. Dinosaurs didn't die out completely. They evolved into birds, retaining the feathers that some of the young dinos had to keep them warm throughout their lives. Besides, I just don't see them as bright enough to have mastered the planet the way mammals have.

Answer 3

If the dinosaurs had survived, they would be at the top of the food chain instead of humans. If they had evolved, with their size and intelligence, we would not be able to flourish as we have.

Answer 4

Dominant-perhaps.
We, however, would still be small mammals cowering under rocks and shrubs hoping not to be eaten before they go extinct
:-P

Answer 5

I think we'd be so busy trying to survive we wouldn't have evolved so far.

Answer 6

Yup. They might have changed form over the millions of years, but chances are there wouldn't be humans as we know them!

Answer 7

Dinosaurs never existed
Dinosaurs never existed
Dinosaurs never existed
That Tyrell guy made them up!

Answer 8

theoretically they didn't, they claim that birds and reptiles are direct decendants.