Re: T-Rex latest

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:59:22 -0400, in sci.archaeology, Nog wrote:

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>"Doug Weller" <dweller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:54:01 -0400, in sci.archaeology, Nog wrote:
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>>>T-rex was just an overgrown vulture without wings and with teeth.
>>>It couldn't run, it couldn't see well and didn't kill prey because it
>>>couldn't catch anything. It only came along after the kill, drove off the
>>>killers and ate what was left. It only had a great olfactory system like
>>>vultures and could smell dead things for miles away. It was also very
>>>prone
>>>to injury if it fell. A fall was probably the end for it
>>
>> Eh? Besides being wrong, you're in the wrong newsgroup - this is an
>> archaeology newsgroup.
>>
>> Doug
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>Archaeology is a branch of Paleontology. You just specialize in only the
>human connection where paleontology includes all fossil studies.
>Your group is so dead you need to broaden your horizons. You conceded
>assholes just sit on your branch waiting to pounce on any passerby. It's
>all science.

Well, that's a novel idea. No, archaeology is not a branch of
Paleontology, or even palaeontology. In the US it's a branch of
anthropology, but nothing to do with paleontology. Closer possibly to
geology than biology, you could still lump it into the physical sciences,
whereas archaeology is a social science -- despite its heavy use of the
physical sciences.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/paleonet//PalAss/pages/publications.html
The journal Palaeontology is devoted to the publication of papers on all
aspects of palaeontology, including palaezoology, palaeobotany, systematic
studies, palaeoecology, micropalaeontology, palaeobiogeography, functional
morphology, stratigraphy, taxonomy, taphonomy, palaeoenvironmental
reconstruction, palaeoclimate analysis and biomineralization studies.
Review articles are particularly welcome, and short papers can often be
published rapidly.
Note that archaeology is not listed as an aspect of palaeontology.

http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/sci/Geology/pal.html
a web guide to references for palaeontology. Nope, no archaeology there.

I could go on, but I doubt that you even believe what you posted.

Doug
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Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk


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