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bluegenes
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Message 5 of 13 (530723)
10-14-2009 4:07 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by New Cat's Eye
10-14-2009 3:19 PM


Science journalism
Daily Mail "journalist" writes:
The discovery shows that large parts of dinosaurs bodies such as the head and body 'morphed' rapidly over a short period of time.
This dispels Darwin's theory that small body parts such as a finger nail or tooth change gradually and could explain how humans developed so quickly from mammals.
Scientists believe that this controversial type of 'modular evolution' will prove that there were hundreds and thousands more dinosaurs alive that have never been discovered.
It could also explain how mammals and humans evolved new body parts so quickly after dinosaurs died out in the Ice Age.
Interesting stuff, CS. Not your fault, of course, but the Daily Mail is one of our crappiest British rags, unfortunately. This particular "journalist" seems to think that humans are no longer mammals, and that dinosaurs died out in the ice age.
But, thanks to the Royal Society, we can read the actual paper in an online-before-print publication from yesterday.
Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull

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bluegenes
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Message 6 of 13 (530724)
10-14-2009 4:10 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Coragyps
10-14-2009 4:01 PM


Coragyps writes:
Eeek! That is some crap science reporting!
I see you beat me to it while I was reading the paper (link above).

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