Re: dinosaurs and man

[pwillis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paul Willis)]

>Scientists "nailed down" the age of dinosaurs quite a number
>of years ago with small imprecision in the end date (within the
>constraints of about .5 million years.
>
>Cheers,
>
>David Schwimmer

While what you have said is quite true, it is also true to day that the age
of the dinosaurs was "nailed down" prior to the discovery of the first
dinosaurs or the acceptance of evolutionary theory. In fact, the early
geologists who did the work, the likes of Lyell and Smith, were themselves
creationists, though not in the modern sence. Their work clearly delineated
the boundaries of the Mesozoic by the beginning of the 19th Century.

Cheers, Paul

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