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

[Lynn Deuschle <lpd4@cornell.edu>]

I once heard S.J. Gould say during a talk that it is and always has been 
the age of bacteria rather than the "age of dinosaurs" or the "age of 
Mammals."

At 08:41 AM 5/27/2008 +0930, you wrote:

> 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!

Lynn
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