Comments on: One Scary Chicken—New species of large, feathered dinosaur discovered

By: Kermit

Kermit — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:18:03 +0000

Casques on the heads of cassowaries, maleo, curassows and guineafowl, like the oversized bills of toucans and hornbills enable these modern birds a means to dissipate heat in exceedingly humid climates while likewise protecting the head while foraging and running through dense vegetation.

By: BreaphGoat82

BreaphGoat82 — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:39:00 +0000

Haha yeah that’s a good point. Although even if the facts were accurate I’ve discussed many times with creationists the existence of fossils from other transitional species and they always direct me toward some fabricated “debunking” It’s really a lost cause.

By: Lyn Joyce

Lyn Joyce — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:29:00 +0000

Birds had already evolved by the Cretaceous from an earlier common ancestor with the dromeosaurs, and the modern-type birds alone survived the extinction event. They didn’t evolve after the fact from surviving ‘raptors’. Please do try to check this kind of thing, as misconceptions like these give creationists more ammo.
Otherwise, cool find.