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Birds (especially large birds) inherited a long line of large, fast-moving, bipedal predator ancestors. We don't really have that; primates evolved ~55Mya, and
by samplatt 7y ago
Birds (especially large birds) inherited a long line of large, fast-moving, bipedal predator ancestors. We don't really have that; primates evolved ~55Mya, and before that we were mostly rodent-ish animals which depended on being small and hidden to survive rather than running fast or long distances.
There's a lot to be said for parallel/convergent evolution, but it's certainly not hard & fast rule.