Top 10: Dinosaur Myths
newscientist.comDinosaurs are fascinating, but half-truths and myths about them are common. New Scientist nails 10 of the most common.
1. Humans lived alongside dinosaurs
2. Mammals only came into being after the dinosaurs died out
3. Dinosaurs died out because mammals ate their eggs
4. An asteroid impact alone killed the dinosaurs
5. Dinosaurs died out because they were unsuccessful in evolutionary terms
6. All dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago
7. Dinosaurs were slow and sluggish animals
8. All large land reptiles from prehistoric times were dinosaurs
9. Marine reptiles - for example, plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs - were dinosaurs
