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The scientist, who described the birds as glorified reptiles, was
BiologyAnimal KingdomJIPMERJIPMER 2004
Options:
  • A Romer
  • B Huxley
  • C Mendel
  • D Robert Hooke
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Huxley
Huxley stated that birds are glorified reptiles. The missing link Archaeopteryx is a fossil lizard bird. It was founded by Andreas Wagner (1861) from upper Jurassic limestone rocks of Solenbofen in Bowaria, Germany.

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