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Re: tiny dinosaur
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- Subject: Re: tiny dinosaur
- From: Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:04:00 +1000
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evelyn sobielski <koreke77@yahoo.de> wrote:
> I don't think that one can make such a blanket statement. To climb trees, you
> have to have trees.
Yes; which is why I said "an improved ability to climb trees (or
whatever)". The "whatever" implies that theropods were not just
climbing trees.
> This was not always the case at that time, so I suspect multiple roads to
> flight were realized.
Umm...what? Surely flight evolved only once in theropods?
Cheers
Tim