> AiG's claims are not the result of rigorous analysis,
> but the result of selective quoting and
> misrepresentation of popular science articles.
Which themselves are not overly reliable in detail. The article that Vernon quoted claimed that this was the first non-bone material for dinosaurs, ignoring footprints, skin impressions, coprolites, integument structures, etc.
Not that selective quoting and misrepresentation can't be done using the primary literature, but dealing with the primary literature and the physical evidence as a whole is necessary to developing a valid sceintific model. Seizing on random items in the popular news won't do.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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