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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 01/28/2010 : 15:25:03
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New dinosaur discovery solves evolutionary bird puzzle
This is Way cool…
The researchers believe the fossil shows development of the two diverged in the Late Jurassic period, about 160 million years ago. Until now there was no evidence of this type of dinosaur living at that time.
"It's like finding a great, great grandfather in your family which doubles the age of your family tree," said Mr Choiniere. |
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Why not question something for a change?
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2010 : 16:30:49 [Permalink]
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Fascinating, I love/dig this stuff!
Here's a bit more with big photos to boot.
Watch the slide show...
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116291&org=NSF&from=news |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 01/28/2010 : 17:09:17 [Permalink]
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Great find, and one predicted by the ToE. Thanks for the cantbe break!
We get closer and closer to the common ancestor. I wonder: if we find it, will it turn up in Paleozoic Era strata, and if so, will we recognise it for what it is?
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And yet another transitional dino to bird fossil
