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Dinosaur Feathers Found In Amber
An anonymous reader writes "A stunning array of prehistoric feathers, including dinosaur protofeathers, has been discovered in Late Cretaceous amber from Canada. 'Protofeathers aren't known from any modern, existing groups of birds and therefore the most obvious interpretation is that they belong to dinosaurs,' said University of Alberta professor, Alexander P. Wolfe. The 78 to 79-million-year-old amber preserved the feathers in vivid detail, including some of their diverse colors."
Can't wait for Jurassic Farms. *licks chops*
What's really neat is that there are now so many dinosaur/bird hybrid fossils that we don't know which one is the direct ancestor of modern birds. There are just too many candidates for the missing link.
The really funny is that the Creationists are spinning the overwhelming abundance of missing links to mean that none of them are missing the link.
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I assume Amber was refusing to walk through the TSA body-scanner and had thus been subjected to the full-body search? And people say there is no value to such searches. Look at the advances in science we are getting. Thanks, TSA!
If the dinosaurs also talked like some birds. And when they where about to eat you they menaced you by repeating the words of the last person they ate. So they'd corner you and yell, "Please don't eat me! Please don't eat me! Oh God! Nooo!"
Kind of an out there thought but I had to share. I thought it was cool.
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Good thing for ILM too, because in 1992 rendering feathered dinosaurs would have taken ages! ;)
Now the Raptors look like chickens.
Dr Alan Grant: "NOOOOooooooooooo!"
Science ruins Michael Crichton again!