Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Archaeopteryx

New fossil from the Solnhofen limestone bed of Germany, preserving an astonishing impression of the feathers. Forty years ago there were people who thought the original archaeopteryx fossil was a fake, just a dinosaur with the feathers added on by some clever artist. That turns out to have been one of the silliest conspiracy theories ever, right up there with the fake moon landing.

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