The Fake Dinosaur That Fooled National Geographic | The Archaeoraptor Hoax | Prehistory in the Dark

So, what happens when a popular and respected institution publishes a blatant like? Well, chaos mostly. Especially when National Geographic issued a story about a fossil called Archaeoraptor that was said to be a missing link. Also, it wasn't a real animal at all. So that was neat.

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[laurachapple]

I like to imagine some dude in China just watching TV one day and seeing something about this whole kerfuffle and going, "wait a minute... that's... HEY DAD! YOUR FAKE DEAD BIRD WAS IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC!"

[williambeckett]

It did not fool the scientists. And it turned out to be two different previously unknown raptors that were both major finds.