Re: Are birds really smarter than non-avian dinosaurs?

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

evelyn sobielski writes:
> If there is any way at all to say "higher" or "lower" in evolution, it is precisely that: as defined by time. He was certainly *more* correct than most who'd use these terms, even if he was not really correct. 
>
> But that of course means that today's humans are as "high up" as every single bacterium in their lower intestines.

Given that the bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells (or so some 
scientists have said), I'd say that humans are really nothing more than a 
fancy form of bacterial transport. In which case the bacteria inside us are 
the real masters! 

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Dann Pigdon
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