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In its November 1999 edition, ''[[National Geographic Magazine|National Geographic]]'' magazine announced the discovery of ''[[Archaeoraptor]]'', a link between dinosaurs and birds, from a 125 million year-old fossil that had come from the [[Liaoning Province]] of China. Chinese palaeontologist [[Xu Xing (paleontologist)|Xu Xing]] came into possession of the counter slab through a fossil hunter. On comparing his fossil with images of ''Archaeoraptor'' it became evident that it was a composite fake. His note to ''National Geographic'' led to consternation and embarrassment. A certain Lewis Simons investigated the matter on behalf of National Geographic. In October 2000 he reported what he termed:
"''... a tale of misguided secrecy and misplaced confidence, of rampant egos clashing, self-aggrandizement, wishful thinking, naïve assumptions, [[human error]], stubbornness, manipulation, backbiting, lying, corruption, and, most of all, abysmal communication. "''
It was eventually determined that ''Archaeoraptor'' had been constructed from parts of an [[Early Cretaceous]] bird ''[[Yanornis martini]]'' and a small dinosaur ''[[Microraptor zhaoianus]]''<ref>[http://www.ifs.csic.es/sorites/Issue_20/colbourn.htm The Interpretive Mind] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401195602/http://www.ifs.csic.es/sorites/Issue_20/colbourn.htm |date=2010-04-01 }}</ref>
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