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Being a predecessor is not a failure. Au contraire. One of Dawkins' memorable lines is "Descendents are common. Ancestors are exceptionally rare" You could sa
by dalbasal 6y ago
Being a predecessor is not a failure. Au contraire.
One of Dawkins' memorable lines is "Descendents are common. Ancestors are exceptionally rare"
You could say crocodilians succeeded and dinosaurs failed. A croc is still a croc, but the dinosaurs are hummingbirds and seagulls. If you think about it though, both are ancestors... an exceptional success.
Altavista is a Khan.
- KineticLensman 6y ago> A croc is still a croc, but the dinosaurs are hummingbirds and seagulls. Slightly off-topic, but I went to Wikipedia to remind myself of the specific category of dinosaur that birds are descended from, and the 'Today's featured article' was about Achelousaurus, a ceratopsid dinosaur! I think this is the first time I've had such a close match to the thing I was interested in. From there, it was just three clicks to the article I needed [0], which, incidentally, stated that "The present scientific consensus is that birds are a group of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs that originated during the Mesozoic Era". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_birds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_birds