[Red Badger]

This explains where birds come from, but now we must ask....WHERE do alligators, lizards, snakes and other REPTILES come from? It would seem to me that this proves that dinosaurs were not reptiles but really GIANT FLIGHTLESS BIRDS, and warm-blooded to boot.......

[doc30]

Add to that the feathered dinosaurs found in China. Looks like feathers evolved first as a means of controling body heat (i.e. keep the feather close to stay warm, puff them out and cool off). Modern bird feathers do this quite nicely and, this ventilator trick is something mammals can't do with hair very well.

[Vaquero]

"? It would seem to me that this proves that dinosaurs were not reptiles but really GIANT FLIGHTLESS BIRDS, and warm-blooded to boot....... " Yes in fact here is one viewing the reverse Gondwanaland global map.......and pointing to its home in Keokuk, Gondwanaland

[Junior]

They came from the same place the dinosaurs came from -- early reptiles.

[ItsForTheChildren]

WHERE do alligators, lizards, snakes and other REPTILES come from?

Why, from the dinosaurs that laid 20-30 eggs at a time, if course. ;-)