The fossil record seems so clear and convincing to the Dowbrigade \n Fossil-hunters working in the dusty Utah desert have caught a dinosaur The creature’s teeth have a shape that seems to be adapted to leaf shredding, Very like the Dowbrigade. Between our garden and health mania we are adapting Falcarius utahensis also has a slightly widened pelvis, Kirkland’s team That’s us! That explains our changing contours! We are evolving into a But the dinosaur’s legs reveal that it still has adaptations suited Or tennis balls. <\/em> <\/p>\n from the Journal Nature Online<\/a><\/p>\n Evolution article from the New York Times<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Falcarius utahensis was adapted for both ripping up plants and chasing down prey. image from PaleoForms LLC, Provo, Utah The fossil record seems so clear and convincing to the Dowbrigade that current mainstream doubt about its veracity threatens the very … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/dinou.jpg\")
Falcarius
\n utahensis was adapted for both ripping up plants and chasing down prey.
\n image from PaleoForms LLC, Provo, Utah<\/em><\/p>\n
\n that current mainstream doubt<\/a> about its veracity threatens the very foundations
\n of the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution. Even Galileo would
\n have a tough time these days. Can you see him on Court TV, accused
\n of teaching Godless theory as fact?<\/em> <\/p>\n
\n in the act of going vegetarian. The newly discovered species, which
\n lived about 130
\n million years ago, displays the hallmarks of adapting to a leafy diet.<\/p>\n
\n the researchers report. Similar teeth can be found in modern iguanas, for
\n example, a reptilian family that also has a varied diet.<\/p>\n
\n to leaf shredding, and our resemblance to an iguana has been oft remarked
\n upon.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n points out, which would have been necessary to accommodate the longer
\n gut needed to extract nutrients from plants. <\/p>\n
\n Falcarius!<\/em><\/p>\n
\n for meat eating as well. The creature’s thigh bones were longer
\n than its
\n shin bones, suggesting that it could run at an impressive pace. "The legs
\n are still adapted for running after prey," says Kirkland. <\/p>\n