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Re: Most popular/common dinosaur misconceptions

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Subject: Re: Most popular/common dinosaur misconceptions
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:44:10 -0700
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Pet peeve alert!

On 8/18/06, Jeff Hecht <jeff@jeffhecht.com> wrote:

the dinosaur-bird transition .


I hate this phrase. Nobody talks about "the mammal-bat transition" or
"the primate-human transition". Dinosaurs didn't "transition" into
birds any more than mammals "transitioned" into humans.

"The origin of birds" is a much better alternative, IMHO. If dinosaurs
must be mentioned, "the origin of birds from other dinosaurs."
--
T. Michael Keesey
The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com
Parry & Carney: http://parryandcarney.com

References:
- Re: Most popular/common dinosaur misconceptions
  - From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>

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