"Dinosaur 'fuzz' may have been collagen, not feathers, South African scientists say"

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"Buried dolphin corpse serves science"
 
"Dinosaur 'fuzz' may have been collagen, not feathers, South African scientists 
say"
The Globe and Mail, written by Stephen Strauss, 11/11/03 
 
< The corpse of a dolphin that was allowed to slowly decay for a year has 
become prime evidence for all those skeptics who argue that dinosaurs were not 
the feathery ancestors of modern birds.>

< In a paper published Saturday, Theagarten (Solly) Lingham-Soliar, a 
paleontologist at the University of Durban-Westville in South Africa, presents 
photographic evidence that the feathery fossilized material some call "dino 
fuzz" could have as easily been the preserved decay of dinosaur connective 
tissue.> <....>
 
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