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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe based on the bones and flesh imprints in the rock you could recreate what the sounding cavity may have been like, which would help you get an idea for what sort of vocalizations would be possible.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Turning a raptor bone into an ocarina is the plot line of like 30% of Jurassic Park movies. The other 70% is using raptor bones to pretend disembowel children. It's all raptor bones.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I sorta get it, but stuff like that can only tell you so much. It’s an awful lot of hypothesizing and guesswork - so much that I’m surprised you can make a dissertation out of it.

Then again, I’ve never had to write a dissertation, so I don’t know what’s involved.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The dissertation wouldn't have to prove anything unquestionably. It would just have to demonstrate a sound understanding of good principles that are being worked from.

Any conclusions could be completely wrong, and it could still be a great dissertation.

Think of how long it took paleontologists to prove dinosaurs had feathers. Every other paleontologist before then was not a blithering idiot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ah. Demonstrate understanding. Thank you. That makes sense! I wasn’t trying to be obstinate. I just didn’t get it.