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MY issue with the names and renaming is from a
classroom standpoint.
The general public rarely has vistas into the
scientific world except through the popular trade books that are created by
various publishers. (and those movies and TV programmes
(shudder) )
Beyond that most classrooms do not have the funding
to update their libraries along with each scientific discovery or change in
nomenclature.
In our educational material from AMNH we try to be
as "current" as possible, but if the teachers refuse to check the changes, a new
generation of students is misinformed. Although many students are
beginning to "correct" their teachers, which has been leading to less
paleontology in the classrooms so that the teachers can "save
face".
Although even people who do research the facts
choose to ignore them (ie Velociraptor size in JP)......
just a comment.....
: ) Jenny
Jenny Lando (nee Herdman)
Assistant Coordinator Moveable Museum/Paleontology of Dinosaurs Education Department American Museum of Natural History Central Park West @ 79th Street NYC NY 10024-5192 212 - 769-5189 212-769-5329(fax) mailto:jenny@amnh.org http://www.amnh.org |