Uploaded February 2015 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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Yet another evolutionist fraud. This time the story went all the way to National Geographic before the embarrassment began.

References:

The Creationist Argument
creation.com/archaeoraptor-phony-feathered-fossil
icr.org/article/archaeoraptor-featured-dinosaur-from-national-geog
answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/feathers/archaeoraptor-hoax-update-national-geographic-recants

Chronology
http://csip.cornell.edu/Curriculum_Resources/CEIRP/NGArtHlt.html

Initial Scientific Outcry
nature.com/nature/journal/v403/n6771/full/403689a0.html

National Geographic Article
business.highbeam.com/5308/article-1G1-58960652/feathers-t-rex-new-birdlike-fossils-missing-links-dinosaur

Code of Zoological Nomenclature
iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp

Letters from an "Evolutionist" regarding the find
dml.cmnh.org/1999Nov/msg00263.html

Why the Fossil Trade is Avoided by Scientists
nature.com/nature/journal/v404/n6779/full/404696b0.html

Identification of Yanornis
nature.com/nature/journal/v420/n6913/full/420285a.html

Identification of Microraptor
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_raptor.html qabalaHCTMRS