Past Time

Episode 2: Birds are Dinosaurs!

06.15.2013 - By Matt Borths, Adam Pritchard, Catherine EarlyPlay

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What is a dinosaur? What is a bird? They're related somehow, but how does a paleontologist figure out how close Velociraptors and penguins are in the dinosaur family tree? In this episode of Past Time, Matt and Adam talk to Dr. Alan Turner, an expert on fossils from the dino-bird transition to figure out which animals are most important in sorting out this incredible evolutionary story.

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