Archaeoraptor: The Dinosaur-Bird “Missing Link” And One Of Science's Greatest Hoaxes
annunciate as the “ missing evolutionary link ” that proved innovative - Clarence Shepard Day Jr. birds evolved from feathered dinosaurs virtually three decade ago , theArchaeoraptor liaoningensisfossil was a discovery thought to transfer how the universe saw phylogenesis . The fossil , so - named in its launching , appear to be a combination of a shuttle and theropod , or two - leg it dinosaur . On issue , the Republic of Turkey - sized fossil was draw as " a missing connection in the complex chain that connect dinosaurs to birdie ” that captured “ the paleontological ' moment ' when dinosaurs were becoming birds ....