I mean the lizard dinosaurs are everywhere. Every toy, movie, even in schools.
That post is of course a billion years old itself and the images created by shrink-wrapping are still in people’s heads. Feathers on dinosaurs are rarely what people think of first as well and the notion has been around for quite a while.
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Feathers have been found on dinosaur fossils only “recently”, with the discovery of Sinosauropteryx in 1996Image
Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Sorry, not entirely sure what you’re saying?
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
I am claiming tkat the notion has been circulating only for the last 30 years.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Ah, got it. Yes, but is that an argument against what I said? Both non-shrink-wrapped dinosaurs and dinosaurs with feathers haven’t reached the general public conscience (and I’d argue feathers as a concept are easier to convey, actually, so they should take less time). So when popular science like the post in the OP talks about what depictions “do” instead of “did”, it’s talking to the public.