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'Early bird' project really gets the worm
PhysOrg ^
| June 26th, 2008
| Louisiana State University
Posted on 07/15/2009 1:22:35 PM PDT by 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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.......the scientific names of dozens of birds will have to be changed, .......
Which means that Bert the wise one is correct when he says by the time you get to be my age, half or three quarters if what I know doesn’t matter any more.”
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bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The boy's war in Detriot has already cost more then the war in Iraq.)
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The more ya study, the more ya know, the more ya know, the more ya forget...
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You are a true font of information!
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Actually, I think Trufant is up north somewhere.
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