Re: The Aerosteon paper

[MKIRKALDY@aol.com]

See also Brian Switek's blog  at:
http://dinosaur.smithsonianmag.com/2008/11/06/bone-wars-in-the-
blogosphere/
and  Paul Sereno's reply to that post.

One point that stirred up the  bloggers was a supposed "quote":
(The following is from Brian's blog cited above.)
 
"Particularly perplexing was a quote from Paul Sereno, one of the  scientists 
who wrote the Aerosteon paper, who said âThe fossil [Aerosteon]  provides the 
first evidence of dinosaur air sacs, which pump air into the lungs  and are 
used by modern-day birds.â [emphasis added] "

Paul Sereno states (with emphasis) that he never said this, and that  the 
claim of "first evidence" does not appear in the _Aerosteon_ paper.   The only 
place that seems to appear is in the National Geographic story:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080929-new-dinosaur-missions.h
tml
and the words are not enclosed in quotation marks.  While  reporters do their 
best, they sometimes misinterpret and misquote.
 
See the original press release at: 
http://press.nationalgeographic.com/pressroom/index.jsp?pageID=pressReleases_d
etail&siteID=1&cid=1222713586508
 
Mary
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