Did humans and dinosaurs live at the same time? What if humans and dinosaurs really coexisted?
This question is not an easy one to answer. Until recently, the available evidence overwhelmingly supported the idea that humans and dinosaurs did not coexist at the same time and place. Some claim that the fossil record shows no direct evidence of humans living alongside dinosaurs. But since birds are descendants of dinosaurs, some argue that they technically live alongside us today. And evidence from a 2023 study further challenges this debate.
The data here are quite solid. The non-avian dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago, likely when an asteroid struck Earth and the ensuing cataclysm wiped out a large percentage of life on the planet. This included almost every large organism, and most of the small ones as well.
In the aftermath, one relatively humble group was able to carve out a ...
