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In 1982, Dale Russell, curator of vertebrate fossils at the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa, conjectured a possible evolutionary path that might have been taken by the dinosaur Troodon had it not perished in the K/T extinction event 65 million years ago, suggesting that it could have evolved into intelligent beings similar in body plan to humans. This "dinosauroid" hypothesis has been criticized for being overly anthropomorphic for theropod evolution.

To further add to the anthropomorphic ideas, I suggest that the Troodon lost its feathers similar to how humans lost their fur through an exaggerated case of convergent evolution. For centuries, it would roam the swamps of Eastern North America and become the "Lizard Man" of various sightings.

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In 1982, Dale Russell, curator of vertebrate fossils at the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa, conjectured a possible evolutionary path that might have been taken by the dinosaur Troodon had it not perished in the K/T extinction event 65 million years ago, suggesting that it could have evolved into intelligent beings similar in body plan to humans. This "dinosauroid" hypothesis has been criticized for being overly anthropomorphic for theropod evolution.

To further add to the anthropomorphic ideas, I suggest that the Troodon lost its feathers similar to how humans lost their fur through an exaggerated case of convergent evolution. For centuries, it would roam the swamps of Eastern North America and become the "Lizard Man" of various sightings.