The American Museum of Natural History.
Words appear:
TRANSFORMATION.
the word TRANSFORMATION
morphs into a multitude of tiny triangles that fly out of the frame in a bird-like flight pattern.
a 3D rendering of the earth is revealed.
as the earth rotates, the camera zooms into the blue of the Pacific Ocean near the West Coast of North America.
words appear:
Life on earth arose only once.
a jelly like microorganism swims through the water.
Words appear:
All life is a product of evolutionary change.
hundreds of microorganisms are connected by thin elegant lines.
The lines morph into proto-feathered dinosaur, Yutyrannus huali.
Words appear:
Dinosaurs never went away.
Yutyrannus huali ROARS, throwing it's head back and forth.
Words appear:
One dinosaur group gave rise to the animals we call birds.
A small dinosaur runs, gaining speed
in an attempt to take flight.
as it runs, morphs into a larger dinosaur with small wings.
The dinosaur flaps it's wings, struggling to fly and morphs into a winged dinosaur! The winged dinosaur takes flight and transforms into a bird.
Words appear:
The evolution took tens of millions of years.
As the bird flys, it morphs into an EAGLE soaring triumphantly through the sky!
words appear:
In the ancient past, non-bird dinosaurs and extinct birds lived together.
A white bird flys in elegant formation with eagle.
The Eagle is transformed into thousands of birds, flying in beautiful patterns across the burning sky.
words appear:
Today there are perhaps up to 18 thousand species of living birds.
Thousands of birds fly into the glow of the sunset.
words appear:
The age of dinosaurs is now.
In the distance, birds form a spherical mass that transforms into the Earth.
The sky darkens from a light burning red to a calming deep blue.
A flock of tiny triangles fly into the frame forming the word. TRANSFORMATION.
Credits roll. 
Produced by the Exhibition Department of the American Museum of Natural History.
The Museum gratefully acknowledges the Richard and Karen LeFrak Exhibition and Education Fund.
Dinosaurs Among Us is proudly supported by Chase Private Client.
Additional support is generously provided by Dana and Virginia Randt.
