Tastes Like Chicken?
Posted by Kushana Torumekia at 8/25/2008 3:57 PM and is filed under T. Rex; Dead Sea Scrolls; Chicken; Archaeology 
Listen to this article
A biologist friend and I were recently talking about the 'survival' of dinosaurs. It is no longer though that modern birds are offshoots of dinosaurs but that they are directly descended from them. A bit more (potential) evidence:http://tinyurl.com/5s2fbh
I am interested in dinosaurs because how we know about them is the same as how we know about anything from the past through archaeology: care in photographing and logging each bone found, analysis of what is around each bone (other fossils? types and ages of rock?), and comparison with similar discoveries and knowledge about the time and its context. What we have learned (since thinking these were the bones of giants or dragons) is an incredible tribute to the human ability to think things through and piece evidence together. It is a great reminder not to be lazy: to gather all the information at hand and scrutinize the details. (The details can get dull, even in my field, and it is good to have a reminder, like this article, of why such things are important.)
Any time I feel "Yes, yes *yawn* the Dead Sea Scrolls, again." It helps to think about dinosaurs. (I wonder if any evolutionary scientists think about the Dead Sea Scrolls? Probably not.)
-Kushana
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