English paper vastly overstates fossil find's significance


	English paper vastly overstates fossil find's significance

kelvin273

9-9-2009 10:46 PM

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evolution, media, science

kelvin273 says:

Stuff like this is why I prefer to get my science news from science magazines instead of general interest publications.

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