Some Common Myths Thought to be True - Myth 58
Myth 58: Dinosaurs became Extinct from being Maladapted
Dinosaurs did not become extinct due to being generally maladapted or unable to
cope with normal climatic change, a view found in many older textbooks. In
fact, dinosaurs comprised an extremely adaptive and successful group, whose
demise was brought about by an extraordinary event that also extinguished many
groups of plants, mammals and marine life.]
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Cultural depictions have also created or reinforced misconceptions about
dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, such as inaccurately and
anachronistically portraying a sort of "prehistoric world" where many kinds of
extinct animals (from the Permian animal Dimetrodon to mammoths and cavemen)
lived together, and dinosaurs living lives of constant combat.
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