http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8353114.stmMissing link dinosaur discovered
Researchers have discovered a fossil skeleton that appears to link the earliest dinosaurs with the large plant-eating sauropods. The dinosaur would have occasionally walked on all four legs.
This could help to bridge an evolutionary gap between the two-legged common ancestors of dinosaurs and the four-legged giants, such as diplodocus.
The remarkably complete skeleton shows that the creature was bipedal but occasionally walked on all four legs.
"What we have is a big, short-footed, barrel-chested, long-necked, small-headed dinosaur," explained Adam Yates, [...]
Yet another missing link uncovered
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Yet another missing link uncovered
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Re: Yet another missing link uncovered
All links are "missing" until they are found.
And then, they are missing no longer!
And then, they are missing no longer!
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Re: Yet another missing link uncovered
Kinda reminds me of somebody I know!"What we have is a big, short-footed, barrel-chested, long-necked, small-headed
Roy.
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Re: Yet another missing link uncovered
I think I was married to it at one time.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
-- George Carlin
-- George Carlin