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Missing Link Feather Fossils Found In France
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-20-2008 | Roger Highfield

Posted on 02/21/2008 6:17:58 PM PST by blam

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1 posted on 02/21/2008 6:17:59 PM PST by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 02/21/2008 6:18:47 PM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

Cool. Thanks Bill.


3 posted on 02/21/2008 6:21:43 PM PST by ASA Vet
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Thanks Blam.


4 posted on 02/21/2008 6:26:56 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: blam

PS: I tried to resist my urge to imply that these were feathers from 100 million year old ancestors. Sorry. :O)


5 posted on 02/21/2008 6:29:54 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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100 Million Year Old HORSEfeathers! Paging Piltdown Man!






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6 posted on 02/21/2008 6:37:13 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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Fossilized French Feathers

7 posted on 02/21/2008 6:45:12 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
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. . . Found next to a skeleton of Piltdown Man?

Couldn't resist. I was just reading about the possible fabricator of the original Missing Link (human and ape bones put together), the French Jesuit Fr. Teilhard de Chardin, in 1908 or so. He is also suspected of being behind the similarly dubious "Pekin Man," whose remains were said to be lost in the War.

A modernist who hated Catholic teaching (and had several mistresses), Teilhard may have hatched the plot to find a transitional species in order to prove that man was descended from apes.

8 posted on 02/21/2008 6:50:23 PM PST by SamuraiScot
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HORSEfeathers

AW Shucks

9 posted on 02/21/2008 6:58:52 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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"... Teilhard may have hatched the plot to find a transitional species in order to prove that man was descended from apes."

An early version of "fake but true"?

I wonder if he and Dan Rather were classmates?

10 posted on 02/21/2008 7:01:28 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If straw man Obama hadn't been so active, Dorothy's water toss wouldn't have made Hillary melt down.)
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Thanks Blam. Amber is fossilized tree resin. And these "feathers" look like pine needles. Weird coincidence. :')

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11 posted on 02/21/2008 7:02:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/___________________Profile updated Tuesday, February 19, 2008)
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To: blam

Evidently, for these kids, split ends were all the rage.


12 posted on 02/21/2008 7:02:37 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If straw man Obama hadn't been so active, Dorothy's water toss wouldn't have made Hillary melt down.)
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“The alternative theory of the evolution of flight, bearing in mind that the structures associated with flight would have been very poorly developed at first, was that birds took to the trees for safety.

From there, it was a relatively small step to developing gliding skills and then the ability to fly.”

What a gigantic crock! They flew up into the trees, and then they learned to glide, which led naturally to flying. Just more ludicrous circuitous reasoning by the crackpots who pose as biologists.

Want to know when Carl Sagan started believing in God and Creation? After 5 seconds in Hell!


13 posted on 02/21/2008 7:03:23 PM PST by Tucker39 (Just because I'm paranoid is no sign they're not really out to get me!)
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"Want to know when Carl Sagan started believing in God and Creation? After 5 seconds in Hell!"

There may be billions and billions of entities in Hell, but I don't think Carl Sagan is among them.

14 posted on 02/21/2008 7:07:41 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If straw man Obama hadn't been so active, Dorothy's water toss wouldn't have made Hillary melt down.)
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What a gigantic crock! They flew up into the trees, and then they learned to glide, which led naturally to flying. Just more ludicrous circuitous reasoning by the crackpots who pose as biologists.

My personal opinion is that they used the feathers to climb trees faster than they would otherwise with just legs.

My birds do this all the time. They flap their wings and run up sheer vertical surfaces.

When they lose their balance, they also use their wings like hands to steady themselves.

15 posted on 02/21/2008 7:08:06 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (After six years of George W. Bush I long for the honesty and sincerity of the Clinton Administration)
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No, he IS there. No doubt about it.


16 posted on 02/21/2008 7:09:54 PM PST by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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Now, the gays are going back to feather boas.


17 posted on 02/21/2008 7:17:15 PM PST by wizr ("Give me liberty, or give me death." - Patrick Henry)
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How did they confirm that the amber was 100 million years old?
Was it because it was found close to a fossil that was
supposed to be 100 million years old, or did they
use radiometric dating? How good is radiometric dating
on organic matter? I mean, what were the concentrations of
the mother atoms vs. the daughter atoms in a plant secretion
supposed to be? Does modern amber have the same ratio?...

Also, if the first bird or archeopteryx is 150 million years
old as the article states how is it that one can find
a “primitive” feather at 100 million years old?
I would guess it might prove the de-evolution of the
feather, if anything.Oh well....I’ll have to read the article...I hope I am
a bit more satisfied than when I read the articles about
the way left-handed racemization overpowered right handed
racemization, or how the planet Mars had evidence of life
(remember that in 1996?)


18 posted on 02/21/2008 7:30:08 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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"No, he IS there. No doubt about it."

Oh, come on! "Cosmos" wasn't that bad.

God can change channels, you know.

19 posted on 02/21/2008 7:41:28 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If straw man Obama hadn't been so active, Dorothy's water toss wouldn't have made Hillary melt down.)
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Oh great! Another missing link.


20 posted on 02/21/2008 7:41:56 PM PST by mtg
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