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Possible protofeathers found in Canada...

Adam Khor · 2011-09-15 17:29:54

...in amber. Paleontologists think the structures found within the amber may be dinosaur protofeathers, but for now there's really no way to be sure. It doesn´t seem to be mammalian fur, tho. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/dinofuzz-found-in-canadian-amber.html

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Adam Khor

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...in amber.

Paleontologists think the structures found within the amber may be dinosaur protofeathers, but for now there's really no way to be sure. It doesn´t seem to be mammalian fur, tho.

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/dinofuzz-found-in-canadian-amber.html

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#2 16-09-2011 12:14pm
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The theme from Jurassic Park just started playing in my head.:D

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#3 16-09-2011 12:25pm
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Interesting news on the feathers, re:JP "It's a UNIX system! I know this!" still cracks me up.

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#4 16-09-2011 4:45pm
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Kess73 wrote: »

The theme from Jurassic Park just started playing in my head.:D

Now that you mention it.......

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#5 17-09-2011 1:16am
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Are there more details available on that?

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#6 17-09-2011 10:03am
Rubecula

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It was reported on the BBC but now I can't find the link.

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