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Sunday, October 18. 2020

Birds and Dinosaurs

Birds are dinosaurs, aren't they?



Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 13:22 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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And humans are fish?
#1 oolioo on 2020-10-18 13:55 (Reply)
It's no longer manly men who go to the field and dig, now you have girls like me.

I clicked out there. My observation is that STEM fields make women nervous and anxious, and they quickly form a Women's Workplace Issues committee. Their lectures on science suck.

Because they're not really into the subject like a man is.
#2 rhhardin on 2020-10-18 20:28 (Reply)
Her evolutionary “bush” didn’t seem to show any evolution. All the different species of birds came of a common “trunk.” Shouldn’t it show a chain of bird species evolving from previous more primitive species?
#3 mudbug on 2020-10-19 10:08 (Reply)
mudbug: All the different species of birds came of a common “trunk.” Shouldn’t it show a chain of bird species evolving from previous more primitive species?

Fossils represent the “leaves” of the tree.

Evolution is a branching process. Fossilization is rare, and most species do not leave distant descendants. Hence, it is unlikely a particular fossil will represent a direct line, but will more likely be a cousin. There’s plenty of evolution showing: Compare microraptor to modern birds.
#3.1 Zachriel on 2020-10-20 06:37 (Reply)

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