New Bird-like dinosaur found in China »
Posted By pawfoots 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & TechnologyNever mind Sesame Street. One of the world's most renowned fossil hunters has discovered the original Big Bird -- a partly-feathered dinosaur, believed to be a distant cousin of modern birds, that weighed 3,100-pounds and stood nearly 26 feet tall.
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foksipayne1 year, 4 months ago
Well, the article did not say anything about wings, just a beak and feathers on it's arms.
very interesting, to say the least...
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Unashamed1 year, 4 months ago
The discovery of Gigantoraptor appears to upset prevailing evolutionary theories that dinosaurs grew smaller and smaller as they became more bird-like, according to Xu, a paleontologist with China's Academy of Sciences.
"Dinosaur evolution is a complicated process," he said.
I thought scientists had evolution all figured out. This "scientific fact" seems to be always evolving.
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foksipayne1 year, 4 months ago
well, most scientists seem very sure of certain "facts" until they discover something that proves them wrong.
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itsme21 year, 4 months ago
Thats the beauty of science it is like a living thing itself. It is always changing.
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