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p-p-p-p-pick up a penguin
« on: August 20, 2020, 03:33:49 PM »
Jerry Coyne reviews a new paper which reconstructs the evolutionary family tree of penguins based on genetics and fossils.

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2020/08/20/sequencing-of-penguin-genes-gives-family-tree-presumed-geographic-origin-and-hints-about-natural-selection/
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Re: p-p-p-p-pick up a penguin
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2020, 05:14:42 AM »
When I was a delivery postman, in the 90s, I used to deliver to someone who was the secretary of the Penguin Collectors Society. I never did discover whether they were interested in birds, books, or biscuits.
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Re: p-p-p-p-pick up a penguin
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2020, 09:28:11 AM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on August 21, 2020, 05:14:42 AM

When I was a delivery postman, in the 90s, I used to deliver to someone who was the secretary of the Penguin Collectors Society. I never did discover whether they were interested in birds, books, or biscuits.


Quite possibly all three?
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Re: p-p-p-p-pick up a penguin
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2020, 09:43:31 AM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on August 21, 2020, 05:14:42 AM
When I was a delivery postman, in the 90s, I used to deliver to someone who was the secretary of the Penguin Collectors Society. I never did discover whether they were interested in birds, books, or biscuits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Collectors_Society
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