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From: Kai_Henningsen@ms.maus.de (Kai Henningsen)
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Subject: Re: On classification
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Date: 21 Apr 91 16:29:00 GMT
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CL>>|Ergo, mammals are dinosaurs also, and hence so are we.
CL>
CL>>I'm not a zoologist, but I always understood that the mammals were an entir
CL>>separate species which evolved during the dinosaur era, and only flourished
CL>>after the dinosaurs' decline.
CL>
CL>Yes, but the first mammal had to evolve from something, and that something
CL>was a dinosaur.


I think not - it was a reptile, I believe, like the first dinosaur :-)
So, we and the dinosaurs are both reptiles (and hence fish, vertebrate,
whatever ...). Humm, does this make us all monocellulars?

MfG Kai