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Birds are the closest living relatives to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs didn’t disappear — they learned to fly.

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Birds are not just relatives—they’re widely considered the surviving lineage of theropod dinosaurs. That’s why many “dinosaur” traits (feathers, certain bone structures) show up in modern birds.

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