StrangeAsYou
StrangeAsYou t1_isw1yd3 wrote
Reply to comment by MaybeImTheNanny in How can we know details about animals that lived thousands of years ago if all we have are bones? by DemetrioGonz
25 years out of 100 thousand is pretty new.
We don't think they are mythical creatures anymore either. Dragons, griffins, hydras, unicorns.
All dinosaurs.
The real cause of the dinosaurs demise was only confirmed in 1988. There were competiting theories prior to that.
Our modern understanding is all pretty new.
StrangeAsYou t1_isvqb46 wrote
Reply to comment by Xanderbell0120 in How can we know details about animals that lived thousands of years ago if all we have are bones? by DemetrioGonz
I'm assuming they used previously unstudied fossil markers plus new examination of DNA as it relates to currently alive animals.
Advances in technology change everything.
Cars, dinosaurs, energy production, what's really alive in dirt. Everything!
StrangeAsYou t1_isvlvod wrote
Reply to comment by mrockracing in How can we know details about animals that lived thousands of years ago if all we have are bones? by DemetrioGonz
Of course it will be.
We now know that some dinosaurs had feathers and that's relatively new information.
StrangeAsYou t1_isw6pxk wrote
Reply to comment by ThisVicariousLife in How can we know details about animals that lived thousands of years ago if all we have are bones? by DemetrioGonz
Oohh! So exciting. Thank you for that.