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Scientists hail new species of feathered dinosaurs

A new species of feathered dinosaurs provides hard evidence the prehistoric creatures evolved into birds a group of Chinese scientists has claimed. ...full story at Daily Telegraph

from Daily Telegraph on Fri, Sep 25 2009

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