'Early bird' project really gets the worm

PhysOrg ^ | June 26th, 2008 | Louisiana State University

[SunkenCiv]

For example, we now know that:

• Birds adapted to the diverse environments several distinct times because many birds that now live on water (such as flamingos, tropicbirds and grebes) did not evolve from a different waterbird group, and many birds that now live on land (such as turacos, doves, sandgrouse and cuckoos) did not evolve from a different landbird group.
• Similarly, distinctive lifestyles (such as nocturnal, raptorial and pelagic, i.e., living on the ocean or open seas) evolved several times. For example, contrary to conventional thinking, colorful, daytime hummingbirds evolved from drab nocturnal nightjars; falcons are not closely related to hawks and eagles; and tropicbirds (white, swift-flying ocean birds) are not closely related to pelicans and other waterbirds.
• Shorebirds are not a basal evolutionary group, which refutes the widely held view that shorebirds gave rise to all modern birds.

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• Field Museum press release by Greg Borzo
• Field Museum press release from Eurekalert

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[Liberty Valance]

Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting. ;o)

[Islander7]

Remember; the ealry worm gets et!

[DogBarkTree]

Youre gonna git it now. Evolution is a naughty word. You might as well call Sarah Palin a bleeding heart liberal.

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[Hoffer Rand]

Just remember, the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

[Monkey Face]

Where?

[SunkenCiv]

I’d probably be realllly circumspect, and substitute “bhl”. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Love the tag line!

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure. ;’)

[xcamel]

de-volution regularly emenates from here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/~godgunsguts/

[colorado tanker]

Research by Dean Wormer???

Dean Vernon Wormer: The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

[SunkenCiv]

I don’t know.

[Monkey Face]

How?

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Rodent you know.

[JoeProBono]

[SunkenCiv]

Barrow.