Chapter 1
The great feather revolution
Chapter 2
The sound and senses of giants
Chapter 3
The warm-blooded social lives of dinosaurs
Chapter 4
The modern survivors among us
YOUR GOAL
Master of Rethinking the dinosaur world
Ch 4 · The modern survivors among us
artiteacher The modern survivors among us
Dinosaurs aren't gone, They've been here all along, Birds are their living form!
artiteacher Archaeopteryx represents a key evolutionary link between non-avian dinosaurs and modern birds.
artiteacher Small, ground-dwelling avian dinosaurs survived the asteroid impact, while all large dinosaurs perished.
BETA
artiteacher Sort the myths from the facts to learn the surprising truth about dinosaurs.
Fun Fact
Living dinosaurs: Every time you look at a sparrow, a pigeon, or a chicken, you are looking at a living theropod dinosaur.
Glossary
bird (noun)
A warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak, and typically by being able to fly. These creatures are the only dinosaur lineage that outlasted the devastating asteroid impact 66 million years ago.
A warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak, and typically by being able to fly. These creatures are the only dinosaur lineage that outlasted the devastating asteroid impact 66 million years ago.
Quiz
What ancestral dinosaur traits have scientists successfully reactivated in chicken embryos?
Quiz
What feature helped early bird-like dinosaurs survive the post-asteroid food collapse?
Quiz
Which modern bird bone is the exact equivalent of a dinosaur's fused collarbones?
Quiz
What is the name of the crater in Mexico where the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck?