Still Waters Posted January 14, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Textbooks might have to be re-written when it comes to some of the earliest creatures, a study suggests. Researchers have found that our understanding of the anatomy of the first four-legged animals is wrong. New 3D models of fossil remains show that previous renderings of the position of the beasts' backbones were actually back-to-front. http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-20987289 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted January 14, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Do I remember correctly that the British Natural History Museum originally got the tail of its famous Brontosaurus (now - Apatosaurus) skeletal display upside-down, or am I experiencing a race-memory of seeing an undernourished Bronto doing gymnastics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfknight Posted January 15, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 15, 2013 So correct the mistake and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted January 15, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Huh... kind of gives new meaning to the term "you got your head up your *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted January 16, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 16, 2013 No it was the head of bronto,twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted January 16, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I laugh in their general direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted January 16, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Well said Wolfknight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooma Posted February 24, 2013 #8 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Do I remember correctly that the British Natural History Museum originally got the tail of its famous Brontosaurus (now - Apatosaurus) skeletal display upside-down, . no no no no no... BAD ealdwita, BAD! reject your apatosaurusiness! embrace your brontosaurusy past! it always was, and always will be, a BRONTOSAURUS!! pluto will always be a planet, snickers will always be marathon's, and a 50p piece will always be a ten-bob bit! the old ways are always the best ways..... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooma Posted February 24, 2013 #9 Share Posted February 24, 2013 New 3D models of fossil remains show that previous renderings of the position of the beasts' backbones were actually back-to-front. http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-20987289 . how could they tell?? Dinosaurs- thin at the front, fat in the middle, thin at the back! they kinda look the same whichever way round you look at 'em.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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