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The most detailed computer simulation yet pits five two-legged dinosaurs against three modern bipeds - a human, an ostrich and an emu. Courtesy of the University of Manchester.
More here: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12524

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  • To answer everyones querys, the animal that won was a bird. Either prehistoric of modern, I dont know.

    The ostritch was in second place. The emu in third.

    The forth place was a small dinosaur, then 5th another dinosaur, then the 6th was a T-Rex. The next was a brontasaurous, then the human came in last.

    Just a guess, but pretty sure thats right.

  • Hi likeastarbaby,

    Actually the winner was a dinosaur called Compsognathus, which was approximately the size of a chicken. The other dinosaurs simulated were Velociraptor, Dilophosaurus (the spitter from Jurassic Park), Allosaurus (a carnivore) and of course Tyrannosaurus. The researchers only did two-legged dinosaurs, so no brontosaurs. And, as you correctly mention, the ostrich and emu, which both do rather well. Michael Marshall, online editorial assistant

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  • Ah, so that's what dinosaurs looked like :P

  • Would you be able to eat if you were looking like a tube with legs without a mouth?

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  • @RenegadeOfSociety actually, were awesome because of our endurance. Humans are capable of chasing an antelope until it overheats and collapses. We may not be the best sprinters, but we are efficient long distance runners. So after that Compsognathus tired out, we still be jogging.

  • the dinos are:compy,deinonychus,neovator­,parasaurolophus, and t-rex and the others are man,emu, and ostrich

  • we maybe the slowest runners, but we have cars and tanks, we win overall lol

  • lol fail humans

  • yea but soon once again well evolve into something better and they'll be saying the same thing

  • You did!!

  • We are the best... how do you think we evolved?

  • The littlest is a Compsognathus

  • i think its one of those little raptor look alikes

  • what's that freaky fast one? lol so tiny!

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