Posted on 12/11/2009 10:38:25 AM PST by JoeProBono
Long, long ago, some of the first dinosaurs walked the Earth. But scientists have not known with any confidence where those initial dino prints were made. Much more recently, hikers stumbled across a few bits of bone at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, leading to the discovery of a game-changing dinosaur that reveals where it all began.
The dinosaur, now called Tawa hallae, had a body that was only the size of a medium to large dog, but its remains have helped scientists shore up where dinosaurs came from. The research team used the extremely well-preserved and complete skeletal remains as a means to fitting the newbie and other early dinosaurs onto the evolutionary tree.
"[The results] showed a lot of the South American dinosaurs in the Triassic were the most primitive dinosaurs we have found to date," said lead researcher Sterling Nesbitt of the University of Texas at Austin. "They are closest to the common ancestor of all dinosaurs." (Nesbitt was at the American Museum of Natural History in New York when he made the discovery.)
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Chaja (Chauna toquata) They are the size of turkey and live in swamps.
Careful there.... he was emancipated yesterday.
Rational thought is no longer appreciated.
Shh. No one is supposed to know about the Time Machine.
Hoatzin:
http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question41877.html
http://www.chiptaylor.com/ht/srhd0636.cfm?jpegid=../pictures/ti4069.jpg
Just once... get over yourself.
This has nothing to do with me. You have it backwards. I'm criticizing the egos of others who pretend to knowledge far beyond what they truly possess. The more I read, the more I realize how little we know. I've noticed that those who are most certain (whether creationist or evolutionist) about various topics in origins are usually those who only know a little bit.
The moment we go beyond eyewitness accounts and documentation we are creating models to fit the facts, and we always need to be aware of the fact that is it possible to generate a vast number of models that incorporate any given data set.
You know what they say about false pride...
Good luck with that.
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