A Bird Stays a Bird

When I read that scientists wanted to leave the archaeopteryx on the "bird branch of the evolutionary family tree," instead of agreeing with Chinese scientists who wanted to move it to "birdlike dinosaurs," I was delighted.

Their findings were released in The Journal Nature last Thursday.

After all I had read a number of books about dinosaurs as a youngster, even owned a plastic model of the archaeopteryx. We all know how difficult it is to flow with change.

It's a balance.