if evolution had taken place millions of years ago then why did'nt the dinosaurs ever evolve?

Answer 1

Dinosaurs did evolve, that is why they were so successful for such a long period of time. However, it is very difficult for species to recover from catastrophic population declines. Remember also that the major extinction event that occured 65 mya was not actually the only mass extinction event that took place during the time of dinosaurs and mammal-like reptiles and that this extinction event wasnt actually as catastrophic as some of the others (the P-T event wiped out 95% of all life!). What instead took place was that small mammals held a niche which evolved into the many mammalian species we have today.
If you follow the geological time line from the tertiary period to late cretacious you will actually notice evolution occuring throughout dinosaur species. Dinosaurs diverged from large lumbering archosaurs into saurapods and therapods and adapted to a range of environments. And, of course, therapod characteristics are evident in modern day birds (this is still debated, not proven, though very strong evidence in support).
I would highly doubt that humans, without technological advancements, medicine etc etc would be able to survive for as long as the dinosaurs did, or to withstand as many mass extinction events. Look back as far as the cambrian explosion and you'll see that all life has come a long way!

Answer 2

They were constantly evolving and continued to evolve. Not all the dinosaurs species lived at the same time. The bigger, more known species were around at the end of the dinosaur era. But they evolved form lesser species that were around before. If you look up the different dinosaurs from different species you can see the evolution of dinosaurs. They did evolve quite a bit since they were around for millions of years, far longer then humans.

Answer 3

Scientifically speaking, there's not much evidence that anything evolved. Evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould admitted that the lack of transitional fossils is the "trade secret" of paleontology; evolutionist Richard Dawkins, when interviewed, could not provide a single example of new, beneficial features arising from genetic mutation.

There are some popular myths, such as birds are descended from dinosaurs, but the reality is very different - there are many insurmountable differences between reptile and bird. No matter how many people insist that feathers are "modified reptilian scales," it's easy to see how glib and gullible such a claim is by looking at the intricacies of the feather. The avian lung is another example of something which cannot be explained by evolution.

Answer 4

I think you need to read more about evolution, as you seem to have a severe misunderstanding.

It's not a 1 time event. "Had taken place" implies that it's in the same category as me getting my cars emissions inspection, as opposed to me putting gas in my car (1 time vs weekly).

Dinosaurs did evolve. That's how there ended up being such a variety.

However, when whatever cataclysmic event happened (comet/meteor/great flood), the result was that the niches that they occupied were destroyed, and the dinosaurs, in general, died out rapidly. Changes were significant enough that the nature of change attributed to evolution would not be enough to result in offspring that could survive.

Some things did survive, either due to minimal disruption of their niche, or hardiness or some combination of the two. Horse shoe crabs, for example, have been around for quite some time.

Answer 5

Too many of them were too well set in niches that had been stable for millions of years. As a result of a meteor impact that reduced the available food, the large varieties could not get adequate food in their territories and died out. The smaller scavengers survived. Many non-dinosaur reptiles survived. One line had developed feathers, probably for insulation, and had already evolved into birds. Some of it's lineages became extinct. One of the most successful scavengers were small creatures with hair, early mammals.

Answer 6

When at he KT ( it means end of Mesozoic era and Cenozoic area) a big meteorite collide with earth and all the dinosaurs were extinct be cause they were to big ( all animals with a size greater than 25 cm died)

The mammals which were smaller survived and could evolve

Answer 7

Some dinosaurs did evolve. Those that lacked the genetic capacity went extinct.

Dinosaurs are not some atheistic invention to discredit creationists.

Answer 8

They did evolve. They're called "birds".

Although most species of dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago (most likely due to a meteor collision), a certain group of therapod dinosaurs did survive, and continued to evolve into what we now call birds.

Answer 9

They did evolve into birds or may be in other forms... but according to theory of natural selection the nature selected the birds and dinosaurs became extinct

Answer 10

Some Dinos did evolve the raptors evolved wings giving rise to the birds. But Dinoe died of most likely from a commet hitting the earth.