Doubt Thrown On Cold-Blooded Dino Theory

Uh-oh! More BBC nonsense I fear! I'll have a proper read of this and the actual paper behind it tomorrow, don't just let the Beebs' sciencey words woo you

Edit: I believe this may be the original paper, it's just been posted on the WikiPalaeo Facebook Page;
http://www.mediafire.com/?znkbu48vb0dm4bv

Kosmos wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18602965

Thank you Kosmos, very interesting - stuns me that mammals were not looked at more closely in the first place.

macrocephale wrote:Uh-oh! More BBC nonsense I fear! I'll have a proper read of this and the actual paper behind it tomorrow, don't just let the Beebs' sciencey words woo you

Macro - there is nothing wrong with that article, we are all capable of judging an article on merit, identify mistakes, question it or on being brief do further research and discuss that here, so be constructive, don't be a condescending twit.

Ok, having read the above topic about the Therapod articles I guess you were referencing that. Without context your post just seemed rude.

Here is another long standing study that has recently been contested.


UCLA biologists reveal potential 'fatal flaw' in iconic sexual selection study

(Phys.org) -- A classic study from more than 60 years ago suggesting that males are more promiscuous and females more choosy in selecting mates may, in fact, be wrong, say life scientists who are the first to repeat the historic experiment using the same methods as the original

With this story it's more that the Beeb has dumbed it down a few notches as usual..
The South America one is still terrible though..
And I was in a really crappy mood yesterday, needed to rant about something.. You should have seen my massive Grammar-Nazi rant on another forum!