Jesse

mturner posted something about this on ARN, but I don't think anyone's mentioned it here...

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/03/06/feathered.dinosaur/index.html" target="_blank">CNN article</a>

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1858000/1858574.stm" target="_blank">BBC article</a>

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&u=/ap/20020306/ap_on_sc/feathered_dinosaur_2" target="_blank">AP article</a>

Pictures from the article in Nature:



Figure 1 Evidence of modern-type feathers on the small dromaeosaur skeleton BPM 1 3-13. a, Slab 1, showing the whole specimen. b, Magnified area inside the red box in a showing individual feathers, each with a rachis and barbs. Scale bars: a, 10 cm; b, 50 mm.

(From <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v416/n6876/fig_tab/416036a_F1.html" target="_blank">http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v416/n6876/fig_tab/416036a_F1.html</a> )

Finally, there are a few comments on the find from the <a href="http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/" target="_blank">DINOSAUR Mailing List</a> which may be of interest:

<a href="http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00280.html" target="_blank">http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00280.html</a>

<a href="http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00297.html" target="_blank">http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00297.html</a>

<a href="http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00288.html" target="_blank">http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00288.html</a>

<a href="http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00279.html" target="_blank">http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2002Mar/msg00279.html</a>

[ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: Jesse ]</p>

MrDarwin

Just goes to show that creationist protests to the contrary, science marches on in the real world.