Dinosaurs and birds

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Subject:	Dinosaurs and birds
From:	John Penhallurick <>
Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:42:21 +1000

R eKim Sterelny's post.  I think that the sequencing of certain genes in
nuclear DNA has indicated that birds are not descended directly from
dinosaurs but rather that birds and dinosaurs share a common ancestor.
John Penhallurick
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