RE: Misconceptions of sexual selection... etc.

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

> "Highlights
> ...
> "There is at present no documented case of sexual dimorphism or sexual 
> selection among dinosaurs and their relatives."
> 
> No sexual dimorphism in dinosaur relatives?  Haven't these gentlemen heard of 
> birds?  Huia?  Birds of paradise?  King parrots
(outside
> the window right now)?   

Or PEACOCKS?!?!

> Or are they being misquoted (never a surprise)?

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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