RE: Campbell's even crazier than a MANIAC? (archeopteryx climbing)

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Jonas Weselake-George wrote:


> It should still be able to use the wing claws as hooks (either on bark or
> branches). 


Yes, that's essentially what Campbell argues: that the claws of _Archaeopteryx_ 
were used as "grappling hooks".


> For the last approach one would think that wing assisted incline running (a
> la Dial & Bundel) would be very useful. It would seem some mosaic synthesis
> of the two competing views looks more inevitable every day.


Yes, I agree with you here.  The old "trees-down" versus "ground-up" argument 
is counterproductive.  It's a shame that some papers (including some very 
recent ones) still cling to this artificial dichotomy.




Cheers

Tim
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