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smoldertoday at 8:16 AM3 repliesview on HN

Paleontology has been really helped by the ease of sequencing, to the point where many evolutionary arguments are moot. Humans are apes, birds are dinosaurs. Some people still dispute it, but not with evidence on their side.


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Terr_today at 9:00 AM

> Some people still dispute it

I particularly like this Futurama clip on the subject. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGtk7Ip4NU

pfdietztoday at 10:40 AM

> birds are dinosaurs

Not that I doubt that, but how does DNA help, when we have no DNA samples from dinosaurs?