If the dino's didn't die

[Tales of Golden Sun]

If the dinosaurs survived the giant meteorite/comet that hit the earth, they would have shrunk.
That's certain. The reason the dinosaurs and other creatures were so huge was the amount of oxygen in the air. It was around 31 to 35 percent. Because of the fire/explosion/whatever from the comet/meteorite, a lot of oxygen was lost. So, they would have been smaller.

 

[Vrex360]

If they evolved into a highly advanced lizard race then they would probably look something like the above picture, just without the mandibles.

However as much as I do believe there are other intelligent civilisations out there I do not believe in the theory that everything will become an intelligent socially oriented species like humans at the end of their evolutionary cycle. It just seems unlikely is all.

 

[PureChaos]

Some people have speculated that they would have evolved into humanoids - dinosaur people, basically

To think what may have come to pass...

my thoughts exactly

 

[Guitar Gamer]

I thought it would be cool (if really unlikely) that we'd be living along some lizard people (or quadupeds) or maybe we'd have lizard overlords

 

[ThaBenMan]

They wouldn't evolve into humanoids, dumbasses. Their metabolism was too slow, heart to simple and uneffective, the respiratory surface too small and body temperature too unstable (which are all the features that define them as reptiles) to support a brain like ours. Mammals are dinosaurs evolving into humanoids. Am I the only one, who hasn't slept trough Biology classes?

I didn't say I supported that theory, jackass. I was just pointing out that it existed.

 

[ThaBenMan]

They wouldn't evolve into humanoids, dumbasses. Their metabolism was too slow, heart to simple and uneffective, the respiratory surface too small and body temperature too unstable (which are all the features that define them as reptiles) to support a brain like ours. Mammals are dinosaurs evolving into humanoids. Am I the only one, who hasn't slept trough Biology classes?

I didn't say I supported that theory, jackass. I was just pointing out that it existed.

I didn't say "ThaBenMan, you dumbass" either.

True. Ok, I apologize then.

I will admit, I would like to believe it - it's just so cool to think about a civilization of dinosaur people rising to prominence. I saw this show once where they theorized that millions of years from now, if humans go extinct, squid may become land-dwellers and eventually develop sentience

 

[jimduckie]

well if they didn't die we'd have no oil, besides they died cause of global warming ie too many farts

 

[Guitar Gamer]

They wouldn't evolve into humanoids, dumbasses. Their metabolism was too slow, heart to simple and uneffective, the respiratory surface too small and body temperature too unstable (which are all the features that define them as reptiles) to support a brain like ours. Mammals are dinosaurs evolving into humanoids. Am I the only one, who hasn't slept trough Biology classes?

I didn't say I supported that theory, jackass. I was just pointing out that it existed.

I didn't say "ThaBenMan, you dumbass" either.

True. Ok, I apologize then.

I will admit, I would like to believe it - it's just so cool to think about a civilization of dinosaur people rising to prominence. I saw this show once where they theorized that millions of years from now, if humans go extinct, squid may become land-dwellers and eventually develop sentience

Yeah, I've seen that show too, it was on Discovery or National Geographic, but after a few episodes I realised it's completely ridiculous and based more on:

-You know what would be cool? Squid people! Hey Steve, you've wrote some paper on squids, right?
-Crabs.
-Crabs, squids, whatever. So are squid people possible?
-No.
-But what if there was like a totally different climate on Earth...
-No.
-And most other species were killed by a meteor...
-No.
-Oh come on Steve, those genetic mutations are random, right?
-Yeah...
-So there is a chance that they would occur in the exact order to make squid people?
-Yeah, but...
-Fine! We have an episode

than actual research.

So that's how they make those specials!