Let's revisit a question from your 5.01 assignment. It involves the TED talk you watched about creating a dinosaur from a chicken. The speaker states,
"Chickens are
dinosaurs because we are the classifiers and we classified them that way." The crowd of
scientists then laughs. Is it really as simple as his statement? In your own words, explain how a
scientist would classify an extinct species such a dinosaur. In your answer, discuss some of the
difficulties that he or she may face.