Are birds dinosaurs?

[AV1611VET]

Please vote responsibly ... thank you.

 

[Radagast]

Define "bird" and "dinosaur."

 

[AV1611VET]

Define "bird" and "dinosaur."

QV please:

The scientific consensus is that birds are a group of theropod dinosaurs that evolved during the Mesozoic Era.

SOURCE

 

[Radagast]

Look, what is the point of these threads, AV?

From an evolutionary point of view, yes, by the source you quoted.

From an AV1611 point of view, no, because "birds" includes "bats" (Leviticus 11:13-19).

 

[leftrightleftrightleft]

Birds are the descendants of some small population of dinosaurs that survived the K-T event.

Phylogenetically, birds are dinosaurs.

 

[Paulos23]

Look, what is the point of these threads, AV?

From an evolutionary point of view, yes, by the source you quoted.

From an AV1611 point of view, no, because "birds" includes "bats" (Leviticus 11:13-19).

AV likes to claim that science is as athoritative as the Bible, so we get these word games from him.

 

[Split Rock]

Please vote responsibly ... thank you.

Yes.

next...

 

[Kylie]

Yes, they are dinosaurs (or rather, a subset contained in the larger group of all dinosaurs) of dinosaurs. THis is a viewpoint backed up by evidence.

Got a point this time, or is this just another one of your threads to increase your postcount?

 

[jayem]

I voted other. Modern birds (and the Crocodilians) are in a clade which includes extinct dinosaurs.

 

[HitchSlap]

I voted other, because default position for AV is anything other than the plain meaning of a word. So until such time as he sees fit to define "bird" and "dinosaur," IMO, other is the most likely answer for his poll.

 

[selfinflikted]

I voted other, because default position for AV is anything other than the plain meaning of a word. So until such time as he sees fit to define "bird" and "dinosaur," IMO, other is the most likely answer for his poll.

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[Kylie]

I voted other, because default position for AV is anything other than the plain meaning of a word. So until such time as he sees fit to define "bird" and "dinosaur," IMO, other is the most likely answer for his poll.

I voted yes, because AV's distortion of definitions is irrelevant to the actual definition of the word. He wants to have a go about it, so be it. I've beaten him in debates before, and I can do it again.