News Story on Infobeat: Scientist disputes China fossil

["Don Lamson" <dllamson@uswest.net>]

BEIJING (AP) - A fossil hailed as an important find for the theory that
birds evolved from dinosaurs is really a composite of fossils from different
creatures, a Chinese scientist says. Xu Xing, an eminent paleontologist in
Beijing, said he has found fossils that prove the fossilized turkey-sized
creature unveiled last year may not be the evolutionary link some thought it
was. Xu's claim has forced paleontology circles, which greeted the find with
some fanfare, to take a second look. And the controversy has highlighted the
pitfalls of international research projects involving fossils that are often
smuggled out of China and sold overseas. See full story


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