Brian Switek Quotes

#1. In order to approximate dinosaurian physiology, the trio of scientists carried out the unenviable task of sticking thermometers in the cloacae of American alligators.

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#2. This area produces a protein given the whimsical name Sonic Hedgehog,

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#3. The places paleontologists looked for fossils and how those fossils have been interpreted have been influenced by politics and culture, reminding us that while there is a reality that science allows us to approach the process of science is a human endeavor.

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#4. Distinguishing the first true birds from their feathered dinosaur relations has become increasingly difficult. If we define birds as warm-blooded, feathered, bipedal animals that lay eggs, then many coelurosaurs are birds, so we have to take another approach.

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#5. And even though the dinosaur's arms have frequently been ridiculed, T. rex traded grasping arms for a heavy skull capable of delivering devastating bites.

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#6. Their necks also beautifully demonstrate the jury-rigged nature of evolution while simultaneously refuting the notion that some divine Artificer intelligently designed organic life

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#7. the difficulties of making temperature experiments [on fully grown alligators] would be great and can be best left to the imagination.")

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