Dino-Dads.jpgTurns out dinosaurs were stay-at-home dads. According to this Washington Post story:

Did oviraptor daddies look forward to trips to the park?
Alas, that’s a question the fossil record can’t answer. But it does appear that many dinosaur fathers spent an awful lot of time around the nest watching the kids.
Using statistical comparisons with birds and an analysis of leg bones found atop nests of unhatched eggs, a team of paleontologists has concluded that at least three types of dinosaur males did the brooding and incubating.
The study, being published today in the journal Science, continues the extreme makeover of dinosaurs from coldblooded, pea-brain tyrants to warmblooded, empathetic helpmates.

My question: When did we start moving back to the “coldblooded, pea-brain tyrants” we men are today? I’m all for the dinos. Will they find evidence of female breadwinners next? That’s be great dinner conversation over Christmas…
Luckily, the Catholic Church has no problem with Darwin’s theory. So maybe I can look forward to working at home one day. Oops, forgot–I already work at home. I am a fossil.

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