IELTS - IELTS.org - Reading 7 - Birds from Dinosaurs

Questions 1–5

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Question #1: Huxley formulated his theory while studying a dinosaur belonging to a group called __________.

Questions 1–5

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Question #2: Heilmann rejected Huxley’s theory because of the apparent absence of __________ in dinosaurs.

Questions 1–5

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Question #3: Feduccia and Martin believe that the ancestor of today’s birds was a kind of early  __________ .

Questions 1–5

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Question #4: In cladistics, the  between organisms’ characteristics are of major importance.

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Question #5: The dangerous __________ on a primitive bird from Madagascar adds weight to the ‘dino-bird’ argument.