08-26-2014, 05:54 AM
As noted, birds are dinosaurs. Dinosaurs and mammals were parallel evolutionary paths that stemmed from fishes--->amphibians--->reptiles. One thing that each line had in general over its predecessor line is intelligence. So it's fair to say Dinos and mammals were trending equally in this area (no surprise that some bird species are number 2 on the intelligence list below humans). Going further, there were members of the theropod line of dinosaurs (of which birds are) that were speculated to eventually develop a humanoid form. Only thing is that Dinosaurs had dominated for 250 million years...you'd think they'd have made something of themselves (pure whimsical speculation of course on my part, as evolution is not always so straightforward in its timing, etc.).