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Giant Dinosaur Bird Discovered

Posted by Zonk on from the einstein-looks-scared-of-the-big-birdy dept.

Cyclist110 writes "The BBC has the story of the discovery, in Inner Mongolia, of a Dinosaur bird twice the size of a man and weighing in at over 3000 lbs. From the article: 'Chinese researchers uncovered the fossilised remains of the flightless giant in the Erlian basin in Inner Mongolia. The researchers had originally thought they had found the bones of a tyrannosaur — the group of dinosaurs to which T. rex belongs — due to their large size.'"

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  1. Xing Xu by BamZyth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am too lazy to find hard references, but Xing Xu, the researcher who found
    this fossil was once involed in the discovery of another "dinosaur bird" which
    was shown as a fraud. To his credit, he was also involved in the team that discovered
    the fraud (isn't it strange?)

    http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/19 50967.htm

    FTFA : In 2001 he was embroiled in controversy over the discovery of a fossil believed to be the 'missing link between dinosaurs and birds, which tests revealed to be a clever fraud.

  2. Re:It's pretty simple (I'm a Creationist myself) by onedotzero · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think active athiests see how much damage is done by religion. I would like to suggest you watch The Root of All Evil by Richard Dawkins.

    Although somewhat terse and often rude[1] the documentary highlights some serious problems with accepting religion and giving it the respect that it sees as being an inherent right.

    [1] Not necessarily a bad thing - this is Richard Dawkins through and through :)