Oct. 10, 2005 -- No. 477
Latest study: scientists say no evidence exists
that therapod dinosaurs evolved into birds
By DAVID WILLIAMSON
UNC News Services
CHAPEL HILL -- No good evidence exists that fossilized structures
found in
China and which some paleontologists claim are the earliest known
rudimentary feathers were really feathers at all, a renowned
ornithologist
says.
In other news, Reuters reports that a man in western Washington state
awoke this morning to discover a group of winged monkeys crawling around
in his pajama bottom. Phil Bigelow, a science aficionado, said that he
was "rather surprised" to see the winged primates crawl out of his
pajamas while he was putting on his clothes. "They [the monkeys] just
sort of looked at me silently for a few seconds and then they started to
fly around the bedroom." A wine rack was reported to have been tipped
over in the mayhem, spilling approximately 20 bottles onto the floor.
Mr. Bigelow said he then opened a window to let the creatures escape. He
later called police. "At first, the authorities didn't believe me, but
when I showed them the monkey stains on the seat of my pajama bottom and
the wine bottles on the floor, the cops started to treat me with the
respect and dignity that I deserved."