It's a serious conversation that's been had amongst historians, anthropologists, archeologists and, of course, paleontologists. It's entirely possible that the dragon myth comes from ancient civilizations uncovering dinosaurs like the T-Rex and imagining what they believe it looked like when alive. They had no concept that it had been dead for 300 million years and didn't exist alongside humans.
I agree, it seems most folk don't like to talk about the difference between a dragon and a wyvern
Dinosaurs skeletons were thought to have come from dragons until the 1800s
People “knew” about dinosaurs and giants (for the less obviously-lizardy bones) for thousands of years. A lot of them were not very far from the surface.
The idea of Dinosauria has only been around like three hundred years, so you can see why myths prevail. Personally I think Pterosaurs are much more fascinating than any fictional Dragons, but this post is about dinosaurs.
This image is slop.
Skeletons got a femur in his arm.
alright... lets talk
The reason I'm not ready for this conversation because I"ve heard too many Young Earth Creationists say "There are dragons in da bible, and dinosaurs kinda look like dragons! Therefore, Dinosarus didn't die by meteor they died in da flood!"
Is the conspiracy theory that the giant wings were eaten, and that an ancient society ate dragon wings like we eat Buffalo wings and that's why there's only tiny arms?
So you’re saying dragons are just big chickens?
Tiny wings~
T-Rex flying around with those tiny arms/wings
Top is slop.
Bot is submissive, and also slop.
That’s a wyvern, not a dragon! Fake and gay! FAKE AND GAY!
creationists would agree with you
just started watching forrest valkai's latest video about this exact subject
https://youtu.be/jdRgXj522a4
Dragon legends predate Colombus.
The T Rex skelly looks like it's pondering or shooting some anime pose
I think it's true. Much more likely his comical stubby arms were actually bone structure for majestic wings.
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