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Which dinosaur did Huxley compare with Archaeopteryx to conclude that birds evolved from small carnivorous dinosaurs?

  • Tyrannosaurus Rex

  • Velociraptor

  • Compsognathus

  • Triceratops

Answer

Huxley compared Archaeopteryx with Compsognathus, a small carnivorous dinosaur. This comparison led him to conclude that birds evolved from small carnivorous dinosaurs, a view now widely accepted by modern biologists.
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