Re: New Limbed Cretaceous Snake

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Why is it that when a *single* fossil is found that seems to contradict a 
given theory, there's always someone who tries to use it as evidence 
encompassing the entire evolutionary history of the group it belonged to?

Shouldn't more than one fossil, from multiple locations and ages, be known 
before an entire theory can be said to be solidly disproved? Or is it that 
some researchers have vested interests in disproving theories that contradict 
their own, thus they jump on the slightest bit of evidence and blow it out of 
proportion?

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist         http://heretichides.soffiles.com
Melbourne, Australia        http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
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