2007-11-13 21:22:26 · 10 answers · asked by bunny 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
There is plenty of fossil evidence of dinosaurs, so it is certain that hey did exist long ago. They became extinct 65,000,000 years ago. We surely have not yet discovered all of the species that lived. New ones are constantly found. What is your point, incidentally?
2007-11-14 02:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I believe dinosaurs did really exist because I believe that is the best explanation for the fossils we have found - that they are the bones of ancient species that are now extinct, that we have chosen to call dinosaurs.
If by "the same dinosaurs we have known today" you mean the dinosaurs you see on the TV, then mostly I think yes. The dinosaurs on the TV are artists reconstructions based on the bones that have been found.
We don't know things about them like what colours they might have been, but we can infer things about their shape and size from the fossilised skeletons we have found.
I'm not sure if you mean some other animal that is alive now - there are no dinosaurs left anymore though. (I suppose maybe you could count some ancient species like sharks, I'm not sure what the exact definition of a dinosaur is.)
2007-11-13 21:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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The only dinosaurs known today are birds. No fossils of any still living genus of bird is known from the Mesozoic, which is when the non-birdy dinos happened to live.
A dinosaur is a member of a particular animal group called Dinosauria. Some people incorrectly think it refers to any large, extinct fossil critter with a hard to pronounce scientific name. Most reptiles, for example, are not and were not dinosaurs.
2007-11-13 22:52:29 · answer #3 · answered by KTDykes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, dinosaurs existed until 65.5 million years ago, and all died out except for birds. How science interprets them, and how we see them in popular culture, now, that's subject to change.
2016-05-05 06:34:14 · answer #4 · answered by Gabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To ask if dinosaurs exist is like asking if you, yourself, exist. You can see yourself, can't you? Well, we can see fossils.
The "dinos" of today have evolved quite bit, but birds are, evolutionary, highly specialized dinos.
2007-11-13 23:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did really exist...but they died out 65 million years ago (except for possibly birds - which are avian dinosaurs).
2007-11-15 08:39:02 · answer #6 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure what dinosaurs you know today,
but if the wealth of online articles about dinosaurs didn't convince you, i don't think i can, too
2007-11-13 21:32:11 · answer #7 · answered by bitoy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes of course they existed we have rock solid proofs for that for a detailed answer why dont you go to a museum and ask someone there?
2007-11-13 21:37:24 · answer #8 · answered by sarthi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
yes and no.
maybe there are some [diff] but we just didn't discover it yet
2007-11-13 21:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by nancy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmm
2007-11-13 21:30:09 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋