RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 5:48 am
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2015 at 5:58 am by Alex K.)
(January 20, 2015 at 5:43 am)Exian Wrote: What about its origin? Is there a problem with a whole unknown branch of life developing from amphibians or reptiles that we don't know about? And what of the atmospheric conditions; what can that tell us of the type of life that could have possibly been facilitated?
I'm not talking about something radically different such as a new branch of life. Think some species which is not further removed from, say, velociraptors, than we and the rest of the great apes are from other primates. I see what Lucanus is saying, other primates are using their hands already in a more sophisticated fashion than known raptors possibly would have.
Another aspect of the discussion really is - assuming for the sake of the thought experiment that it could plausibly have happened even if it seems not so likely from comparisons with the raptor fossils we know - could such a "civilization" have sunk with no trace, and in particular without spreading worldwide.
p.s.
Also, many theropods could have been plant eaters or at least omnivores, no?
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/1/232.abstract
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