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New-Tip4903 t1_j6jvinr wrote

Humans and Dinosaurs missed each other by about 65 million years

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klonkrieger43 t1_j6k7fgz wrote

Our ancestors aren't necessarily human

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Natganistan t1_j6khlia wrote

The history of evolution on earth is so fucking cool. It's a shame that so many people are either scared of evolution or don't care to learn about it.

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teastain t1_j6khppa wrote

Only small mammals survived the Chicxulub extinction, no apes, no horses, cows. So the mammal prototype of one heart, two lungs, four limbs is what we evolved from.

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AxialGem t1_j6kjjnr wrote

>one heart, two lungs, four limbs

That's the ancestral condition for all tetrapods, not just mammals of course :p

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FindorKotor93 t1_j6kqez6 wrote

Yup, the mammal template by this point was Warm Blood, Specialised Teeth, legs below plane of body.

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I-dont-rickroll t1_j6md6ac wrote

Warm blood and fetus that grow in their belly, you forgot this part.

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FindorKotor93 t1_j6n2oqm wrote

I don't know why you're getting downvoted, but yes I did forget live birth.

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TheEightSea t1_j6mgp2r wrote

The apes are literally this little fella's descendants. Like cows and horses, BTW.

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AxialGem t1_j6jyrnz wrote

We still have direct ancestors that survived the K-Pg extinction event. OP didn't say they had to be human

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Old_AP_Pro t1_j6lls0s wrote

True. But your ancestors still survived the dinosaurs.

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Raichu7 t1_j6mj7ko wrote

If the ancestors of humans weren’t around on earth at the same time as dinosaurs, then what did humans evolve from when you look that far back? Aliens?

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Jump_Like_A_Willys t1_j6nvjnl wrote

Dinosaur? I think you mean a "Jesus horse"

Seriously though, our ancestors were the shrew-like mammals that survived the K-T extinction event that ended the dinosaur era.

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RiC_David t1_j6m92jk wrote

But there's always a crossover point...

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AxialGem t1_j6maayi wrote

Wait what do you mean with 'crossover point?'

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