their names are made up
we dont know if dinosaurs lived, because when they find the bones, they could be arranged differently
but we have fossils that keep the forms as they are
and since our science is advanced we can analyze the bones and compare them to other bones and see how they might function
2007-03-24 07:27:31
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answered by Nohaymanana 3
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All those computerized documentaries on dinosaurs makes it look like we know quite a bit about them. The truth is, we usually just dig up bone fragments and they don’t come with a label and a Polaroid picture telling us when and how they lived and what they looked like. Most of it is guesswork.
As Michael Lemonick has said, “Paleontology is much like politics: passions run high, and it’s easy to draw very different conclusions from the same set of facts.”
That is why they sometimes put the wrong head on the wrong dinosaur (like with the Brontosaurus). That is why they argue if the T. rex was a predator or a scavenger. And why debate has raged about whether dinosaurs were warm or cold-blooded. It’s even difficult to tell whether a dinosaur is male or female from its bones.
2007-03-24 17:38:56
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answered by Questioner 7
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There is a LOT about dinosaurs that we don't know. About the only thing that we do know is what their skeletons looked like. We don't know what color their skin was, it might have been striped, green, red, blue. We have no idea. From their teeth we can figure out that some of them ate meat, while others ate planets. Not much more we can know.
We made up names. Why do we call a lion a lion or a bear a bear? A lion didn't tell us that they were a lion. We just make up names for them. Same thing we do with dinosaurs.
2007-03-24 16:50:00
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answered by Michael M 6
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Great question! A lot of people over long periods of time that have been very full of themselves make the stuff up in a way which it makes sense to them. Then pound the nonsense up everyone elses *** and tells them that's the way it was!
((( Keep in mind that those SAME types of people once said the world was flat too ))). lolololol
2007-03-24 14:32:09
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answered by Izen G 5
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Names are given cladistically. Structure indicates purpose as derived from comparative biology. Looks are dictated by bone structure and fossil evidence as to some soft parts. The iffy part begins when behavior is projected.
Behavior is partly functional as derived by structure, comparative biology and comparative behavior. It is very controversial. Many assumptions are made.
2007-03-24 14:31:18
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answered by Sophist 7
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as with all fantasy we can call anything everything as we choose it is our fantasy
2007-03-24 14:24:44
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answered by henryredwons 4
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