21: Paleontologist Evelyn Vollmer, Figuring out the Age of the Earth, and What Defines a Dinosaur
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What Is the Definition of a Dinosaur?
Ella's question was what is the definition of a dinosaur. I would counter and say it's easier to say what is not a dinosaur? Mm-hmm, right? And it all kind of comes down to Old men in the 1850s were trying to come up with a definition for an animal Right? Clitistics is confusing as hell Because it's like ah well this animal has this trait so it gets to branch off somewhere else and blah blah blah Mmm, and these things have to do with you know other stuff that regular people don't care much about yeah So one definition is that dinosaurs have an upright stance in their legs, so Oh Interesting It's what that would
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