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* Review of Feduccia's bookJohn Harshman
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 by: John Harshman - Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:12 UTC

Alan Feduccia's book Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs has been reviewed
by Darren Naish at Tetrapod Zoology. It is not, to say the least, favorable.

https://tetzoo.com/blog/2023/10/2/alan-feduccia-romancing-the-birds-and-dinosaurs

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 by: erik simpson - Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:53 UTC

On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 8:12:41 AM UTC-7, John Harshman wrote:
> Alan Feduccia's book Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs has been reviewed
> by Darren Naish at Tetrapod Zoology. It is not, to say the least, favorable.
>
> https://tetzoo.com/blog/2023/10/2/alan-feduccia-romancing-the-birds-and-dinosaurs
I recall you remarking (some years ago) that it would be unfair to label Feduccia as a "crank".
It would seem that he is steadily advancing toward that category.

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 by: John Harshman - Wed, 4 Oct 2023 16:01 UTC

On 10/4/23 8:53 AM, erik simpson wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 8:12:41 AM UTC-7, John Harshman wrote:
>> Alan Feduccia's book Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs has been reviewed
>> by Darren Naish at Tetrapod Zoology. It is not, to say the least, favorable.
>>
>> https://tetzoo.com/blog/2023/10/2/alan-feduccia-romancing-the-birds-and-dinosaurs
> I recall you remarking (some years ago) that it would be unfair to label Feduccia as a "crank".
> It would seem that he is steadily advancing toward that category.

That must have been a very long time ago. I would go so far as to say
"not entirely a crank", because he has done a certain amount of valid work.

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