Re: FUCHSIA and the Ostrom Symposium Volume

["Rob Gay" <rob@dinodomain.com>]

>I wrote this mostly because Fig. 9.2 in DA shows *Archaeopteryx* climbing
with pronated hands, which may not have been possible, after the text argues
that the long, strong arms, especially the 2nd finger, were good climbing
organs.<
I believe I asked about this when I received the book, and the response was
that the hands are only pronated because the humerus is sticking out from
the body at 90 degrees, and is not due to rotation in the forearm.
Peace,
Rob

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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 11:28 AM
>
> > I'm sure you can find it in the archives if you're interested.  I don't
> have
> > time to look.  I've repeated it a couple of times before.
>
> Sorry, I still underestimated the search engine! Just searching for "car
> rope" brings up your scenario about 3 times. Very convincing. I asked
myself
> about the same when reading Burgers and Padian's chapter, but then ignored
> it... I'll ask the authors if they can overcome this. -- Rayner can
imagine
> using headwinds instead of flapping.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean-Michel BENOIT" <s.aegyptiacus@free.fr>
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 10:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Abbreviation update (was Re: FUCHSIA)
>
> > ANY? Is that a new abreviation?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ronald Orenstein" <ornstn@rogers.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 4:26 PM
>
> No. He was just cyber-shouting :-)
>
>