Content deleted Content added
m link human error using Find link |
Fixed grammar Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit |
||
Line 12:
Differences between the impressions on slab and counterslab led astronomer [[Fred Hoyle]] and applied physicist [[Lee Spetner]] in 1985 to declare that some ''[[Archaeopteryx]]'' fossils had been [[Archaeopteryx#Controversy|forged]], a claim dismissed by most palaeontologists.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gWtV-9zG8ycC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=fossil+%22Counter+slab%22&source=bl&ots=CA29NkZFrV&sig=3fBfq4s4V6-8EgE0Fs257BMoFDg&hl=en&ei=bd81TI6YN9PFsgaytY3OAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=fossil%20%22Counter%20slab%22&f=false New Scientist 14 March 1985]</ref>
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 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. "''
| |||