Reflectorites
Check out this *devastating* article in USA Today.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/acovtue.htm
USA TODAY
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02/01/00- Updated 12:04 AM ET
The 'missing link' fossil that wasn't
By Tim Friend, USA TODAY
From the remote Liaoning Province of China, an unusual dinosaur
fossil has made a mysterious journey from the hands of Chinese
smugglers to the polished halls of the National Geographic Society
in Washington.
And like some curse from a mummy's tomb, the archeaoraptor,
supposedly a bird-like creature with the tail of a meat-eating
dinosaur, has brought to those who would possess it what may be
remembered as modern paleontology's greatest embarrassment.
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I personally agree with Zhou's position (except for the words
"evolved from " which I would replace with "share a common
ancestor with"):
"Zhou in China takes a point in between. He says he personally
believes that birds did indeed evolve from dinosaurs but that
none of the evidence is clear-cut. Things that look like feathers
in fossils may be something else entirely."
But I am sure that the general public will be much more sceptical
of confident evolutionist claims after this, and it will make it
that much easier for ID to gain a hearing.
Steve
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