Ancient Birds Flew On All Fours

eurekalert ^ | Spet. 22, 2006 | Nick Longrich

[Dimensio]

Ping-worthy, or passe?

[RoadTest]

"neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do."

[corkoman]

Longrich said. "I believe one reason for this is that people tend to see what they want or expect to see. Everybody knows that birds don't have four wings, so we overlooked them even when they were right under our noses."

You see only what you look for; you recognize only what you know.

[edcoil]

Well just damn, this will change the course of mighty human events.

[Paloma_55]

Reminds me of an indian named "Screaming Eagle".

He attached feathers to his buckskin clothing on the arms and legs, then jumped from a high cliff just south of mustang bend.

He flew pretty good too.

Didn't land so well though.

[tomzz]

There is no possible way for flying birds to have evolved, period. A flying bird needs a baker's dozen highly specialized systems including a light bone structure, flowthrough lungs, high-capacity heart, flight feathers, specialized balance parameters, tail, a beak, and every bit of that would be anti-conducive to survival until the day the whole thing came together. The chance of all that evolving is zero.

[piasa]

The dinosaur equivalent to a flying squirrel?

[stm]

Why do I keep hearing "Somewhere over the Rainbow" in my head? Flying monkeys perhaps?

[petro45acp]

Blah Blah Blah

"...Cambrian explosion..."

"...no real fossil record..."

GODLESS, By Ann Coulter!

[Tokra]

neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies

Do you mean Genesis with it's "endless genealogies"?

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

[Dysart]

Thanks--BOOKMARK---

[Red Badger]

Don't start with the Flying Monkeys! That was yesterday!.......

[Red Badger]

There's a reason for those geneologies being listed.........

[Tokra]

There is no possible way for flying birds to have evolved, period.

"since it had both feathers and a bird-like wishbone, along with classic reptilian features of a long bony tail, claws and teeth."

So, I guess the scientists secretly built fake fossils with feathers, wishbone, claws and teeth just to trick everybody?

If you believe that I can steer you to a site that will supply you with a nice foil hat.

[Tokra]

shhhh, tom, dont wake the evos, cretos, they get cranky when common sense is used....

Learn to use spell check - it will avoid errors like that.

[RoadTest]

"Do you mean Genesis with it's "endless genealogies"?"

Not so. The genealogies are not endless, but end with "the last Adam", Jesus Christ the righteous. Get it?

[RoadTest]

"shhhh, tom, dont wake the evos, cretos, they get cranky when common sense is used...."

shhhh, tom, dont wake the evos, they get cranky when common sense is used....

....for common sense would tell anyone a cow can't have a pig and a fish can't have a dinosaur.

[js1138]

There is no possible way for flying birds to have evolved, period. A flying bird needs a baker's dozen highly specialized systems including a light bone structure, flowthrough lungs, high-capacity heart, flight feathers, specialized balance parameters, tail, a beak, and every bit of that would be anti-conducive to survival until the day the whole thing came together. The chance of all that evolving is zero.

But some people think that felt gravity was less during the time the earth orbited Uranus. :)