RE: Dinosaurs to birds

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

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        Subject:        Re: Dinosaurs to birds

        In a message dated 1/23/99 3:06:37 AM EST, Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com
writes:

        << But, still, why did THOSE particular large vertebrates survive?
         Individual cases of luck, where
                one particular specimen survives, yet not another; I can
understand.
         But, why were non avian
                dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, etc. so globally unlucky?  Luck, by
         definition should be totally random & governed by the laws of
statistical
         chance. >>

        "Luck" is what we call it when we can't come up with a more detailed
        explanation, due (usually) to lack of data.

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        :-)!  Agreed!  The hope is that we can get enough of the right sort
of data to sort this out better.

        Dwight