RE: Peering at review

["Ken Carpenter" <KCarpenter@dmns.org>]

>>> "Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu> 21/Oct/02 >>>
but there is absolutely NO evidence of the existence of these critters.

sorry, but you cannot use negative evidence to "prove" a point. Prior to the 
rather recent discovery of feathered dinosaurs, it was argued from negative 
evidence that no dinosaurs had feathers.


Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D.
Curator of Lower Vertebrate Paleontology &
Chief Preparator
Dept. of Earth Sciences
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