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 More options Apr 8 2012, 12:41 am
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.atheism, alt.talk.creationism
From: Devils Advocaat <mankygo...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:41:08 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Apr 8 2012 12:41 am
Subject: Re: Proving Creation: The Evolution of Feathers - NOT
On Apr 8, 4:43 am, "Andrew" <andrew.321re...@usa.net> wrote:

> "Budikka666" wrote in messagenews:a7f76005-aa87-4412-a634-a0c01336fe44@v1g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> >http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/04/04/yutyran...

> > Budikka

> From the above site..........................................................:

>  "Admittedly, there's no direct evidence for a feathery T.rex"

Doesn't mean other dinosaurs didn't have feathers.

>  "Yutyrannus's 'feathers' might have been a winter coat."

Even if it were for insulation, the evidence stands that this
particular relative of T. Rex had feathers.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Folks, dinosaurs did not have feathers. This is actually
> part of a grand scientific hoax, as Dr. Olson so stated..

> "The idea of feathered dinosaurs and the theropod origin of
> birds is being actively promulgated by a cadre of zealous
> scientists..who have become outspoken and highly biased
> proselytizers of the faith. Truth and careful scientific weighing
> of evidence have been among the first casualties in their
> program, which is now fast becoming one of the grander
> scientific hoaxes of our age - the paleontological equivalent
> of cold fusion."

> Storrs L. Olson, Curator of Birds
> National Museum of Natural History
> Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560http://dml.cmnh.org/1999Nov/msg00263.html.

Storrs Olson was voicing an opinion.

He presented no evidence to support his statements.

Not then.

And not since.

At least not as far as I'm aware.


 
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