Dino-birds
Video presented by Angela Milner
Until recently, the origin of birds was one of evolution's great mysteries. But if we now told you that birds were related to dinosaurs, that the sparrow in your garden was a descendant of some of the most voracious, ground-dwelling hunters ever known, you might not be convinced. You might argue that the dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, and that it seems unlikely something as small and timid as a sparrow could be related to a creature as ferocious as the Velociraptor in Jurassic Park. But new fossil evidence from China proves exactly that.
- Presented by: Angela Milner
- Date: 24 January 2003
- Duration: 25:48
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