Birds of a Feather

For 140 years, scientists argued over the link between modern birds and dinosaurs. The final, feathery piece of the puzzle fell into place two years ago when farmers in China unearthed the "fuzzy raptor." This 124-million-year-old fossil has the bones of a dinosaur and the feathers of a bird. Now it's flown to Europe...

Birds of a Feather

Discovering the Dromaeosaur

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THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Lorraine Cornish of London's Natural History Museum prepares the Dromaeosaur for exhibition

Lorraine Cornish of London's Natural History Museum works with Feathered Dromaeosaur ("Fuzzy Raptor") to ready it for the exhibition. This remarkable 124-million-year-old juvenile dinosaur was discovered two years ago by farmers in Liaoning Province, in northeastern China. The fossil had the bony, duck-sized skeleton of a meat-eating Dromaeosaurus and the feathers of a bird.

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