So someone is taking a stab at estimating the diversity of types of dinosaurs. Interesting stuff, and the author at least admits it's just a statisitical guess. The bottom line is that there is still a lot our there to discover.
1 posted on
09/05/2006 1:51:28 PM PDT by
doc30
To: PatrickHenry
2 posted on
09/05/2006 1:51:43 PM PDT by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: doc30
Some day, my dinosaur will come... (fade to black while Disney music cues up)
3 posted on
09/05/2006 2:01:15 PM PDT by
Hegemony Cricket
(Free Introspection Classes - Inquire Within)
To: doc30
Good to know. -Ross Geller-
4 posted on
09/05/2006 2:13:19 PM PDT by
paudio
(Universal Human Rights and Multiculturalism: Liberals want to have cake and eat it too!)
To: doc30
“It's a safe bet that a child born today could expect a very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology,” Dr. Dodson said in a statement. ...the rates of discovery — about 10 to 20 annually How much do they pay per discovery for it to be "very fruitful"? Sounds like a paltry number, hardly very fruitful. But then science is not based on any kind of tangible logic.
5 posted on
09/05/2006 2:17:09 PM PDT by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
To: doc30
If Barney was dead...
I would refuse to discover him.
7 posted on
09/05/2006 2:19:23 PM PDT by
evets
(beer)
To: doc30
I was at Dinosaur National Park over the weekend and didn't see any new species :)
11 posted on
09/05/2006 3:22:39 PM PDT by
indcons
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To: doc30
I would think one would expect a very 'stony career' in dinosaur paleontology
13 posted on
09/05/2006 3:32:17 PM PDT by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: doc30
Probably using the same method used to estimate the number of Axis tanks by counting those destroyed. It's not too bad. Maybe good to a factor of four or so.
18 posted on
09/05/2006 7:52:00 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
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