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Discovery Proves Mammal Ate Dinosaur

Villagers digging in China's rich fossil beds have uncovered the preserved remains of a tiny dinosaur in the belly of a mammal, a startling discovery for scientists who have long believed early mammals couldn't possibly attack and eat a dinosaur.

Scientists say the animal's last meal probably is the first proof that mammals hunted small dinosaurs some 130 million years ago. It contradicts conventional evolutionary theory that early mammals were timid, chipmunk-sized creatures that scurried in the looming shadow of the giant reptiles.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144180,00.html

http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7309447

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=406477


Duh.

That some rather interesting links you got there. Well, there goes to show you that somethings can't be certain......specially about the past.

I read this. It has intrigued me. It could turn what we know about dinosaurs/mammals on its head.

That's the beautiful thing about Science, its always changing, evolving upon itself.

New evidence emerges and everything changes.

It's great!

It just shows that when it comes down to it we know so little about the earths past.

And I bet someone is going to think this means evolution itself is void. Yea - right.

But the dinosaur it ate was only 5 inches long.

Come on, I've eaten a footlong hotdog!

dino juniors last thought:

http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/d/dmblnd_puddy_tat.jpg

Hahah. Fascinating stuff, to think even when the dinosaurs were the dominant species that there could have been some mammal that went around preying on there weak and small... I look forward to the theories and other discoveries this will lead to, its wonderful how there is always something new just over the horizon.

We all know that at some point in their lives that dinosaurs hatched from eggs and weren't enormous don't we. We also know that not all Dinos were huge, some were smaller than chickens.

It is cool that they found a that such a large mammal fossil, but I don't think that it's a discovery that completely changes our perception about history. That day may come, but for me, this ain't it. Interesting nonetheless though.

What was it? a whale? a dolphin? big-ass rabit? what did it look like?

a big cat with sharp teeth

Actually, I believe this finding is just more proof that Creationism (the belief that God created humans, animals, the entire universe, and that the theory of evolution is bunk) is correct.

Explain how you feel that this finding proves that Elastigirl.

Umm.....I disagree with that Elastigirl. Seriously I don't see why people have to take sides on Religion and Science.

It doesn't prove anything. I'm just saying that from my beliefs, this fits in fine with the creationist theory, the belief that God created everything in seven days, and that evolution is untrue. If, based upon your beliefs, you believe this fits in fine with the theory of evolution, then that's up to you.

Science = Fact
Religon = ???? War?

Although if you think about it, someone must of thought "we'll put a planet here, we'll make the human heart pump blood around a body, we'll make sex feel good"

I don't believe it was just like that?

Does anyone see the confusion here?