if evolution had taken place for million of years then why didnt the dinosaurs ever evolve?

Answer 1

Certain dinosaurs -did- evolve into what are today modern birds. It was not, however, the flying dinosaurs that evolved into birds, rather it was the raptor-like ones (coelurosaurs, which include T. rex). Check out the link below for more info on dinosaur-to-bird evolution.

One of the misconceptions about evolution is that it has to go somewhere, i.e., monkeys HAVE to evolve into humans eventually because that's the last step in the evolution of primates, or wh don't some other animals have civilizations if they've been evolving for millions of years? This idea is WRONG.

Another misconception is that "evolution takes place over millions of years." That's just simply not true; evolution takes place from generation to generation! Evolution is simply a change in allele frequency, which happens every time a baby is born or a reproductively viable person dies. There are four mechanisms to evolution: gene flow (adding new genes to a population), genetic drift (random sampling of a population that skews gene frequency), mutation (which adds new genes and features to a population), and natural selection ("survival of the fittest," so to speak).

To make a millions-year story short, evolution is not directional. Even humans aren't finished evolving, we're evolving all the time! Complete extinctions do occur when a species is out-competed or when a giant meteor hits the earth and disrupts climate change (like with the poor dinosaurs which were adapted to their climate before the meteor impact ruined it for them). If you have any more specific questions just drop me a line, I love this stuff, and I love talking about it :)

Answer 2

The dinosaurs did evolve. Perhaps, given that you have asked this question and must be interested, you might check out a book from the local library on dinosaurs. Even the most popular treatment should give you the answer.

Answer 3

Dinosaurs did evolve from other creatures from an earlier time. Unforunately for the dinosaurs and most of life on the planet, a cataclysmic event occured which resulted in the extinction of 95% of life (just imagine the size of the mosquitoes back then). This is presumed to be the arrival of a huge asteroid which created the large crater in Mexico. This would have caused a somewhat large bang, thrown the earth's crust into disarray, created volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and thrown up lots of dust into the atmosphere. This is what is generally accepted to have caused a large ice age which killed off all of the dinos. It all happened too fast for them to adapt as they are mainly reptiles and have cold blood. As a result, they couldn't warm themselves up from within. So as the herbivors died off, so too did their predators (such as T Rex).

Guess you just never know when your evolutionary number is up.

Answer 4

They did sweetie. Big animals take longer to adapt to major changes, they couldn't adapt quickly enough and poof they were gone. With the exeption of the birds, birds are descendants of dinosaurs, so there they did evolve.

The dinosaurs lived during the period called the mesozoic. The mesozoic is broken up into periods based on the progression of the extinction and evolution of different animals especialy the dinosaurs.

Answer 5

They did idiot. Birds are descended from dinosaurs

And by the way. Dinosaurs were warm blooded. not cold bleaded.

While Dinosaurs were reptilian, they were not related to crocodiles, lizards and snakes. These were cold blooded reptiles.

Crocodiles were around during the age of the dinosaurs (or atleast very primitive versions)

Answer 6

The answer is simple. Because we were created by Jehovah God. Genesis 1:1 states that in the beginning God created heavens & the earth, and if you continue reading including Chapter 2 you will learn about the creation of animals as well as humans. That is the only thing that makes sense. Evolution does not!

Answer 7

You wouldn't understand the answer.

Answer 8

They all died off. From smoking I think.