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RE: Direct determination of parrot evolution
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. writes:
> > From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu]
> > On Behalf Of Dan Chure
> >
> > After reading the story at the following site.....
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/lost.parrot.ap/index.html
> >
> > ..... I was wondering, has if anyone has simply asked the
> > parrots about their evolutionary history and phylogeny?
>
> The problem is that parrots assuming their origin was a case of Polly-phyly.
You are a very bad man.
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