[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]
Re: Darwin's young dead pet from Messel
David Marjanovic wrote:
> Don't ask me how that got through peer review. The logic of
> this is just backwards. These are plesiomorphies; only the
> "is not simply a fossil lemur" part is defensible.
Also see Laelaps's views on cherry-picking characters....
http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2009/05/poor_poor_ida_or_overselling_a.php
(Thanks to Colin McHenry for providing the link, via VRTPALEO.)
Cheers
Tim