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PALAEONTOLOGISTS FEAR DINOSAURS MAY NEVER HAVE EXISTED
October 13 2009
Berkeley, CA – For over two hundred years, since the first complete dinosaur fossils were scientifically described, the massive beasts from our planets past have haunted and inspired the imaginations of millions. Books, movies, videogames, and children’s 
toys have all evoked our passion for the long-dead animals which once ran the planet and carved a path for the rise of mammals and eventually our own existence. Every year millions of people flock to museums to wonder at a land long left to history where dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
Of course dinosaurs, like anything, haven’t come without controversy. Despite strong physical evidence confirming their existence, many have disputed their very existence when it flies in the face of their own beliefs. Specifically the existence of dinosaurs has cast doubt in the direction of religion which uniformly makes no mention of the great animals that once roamed the Earth. Now a new discovery by a group of American Palaeontologists may give weight to those objections. A research team has brought a controversial conclusion to the table, suggesting that there were in fact far fewer species of dinosaur than previously believed, a conclusion that is causing many to question the existence of the animals altogether.
“In this ten-year project we were able to collect a very good growth series that no one
had ever seen before, and see this transformation that occurs. We could document the extreme changes that occur with growth, [like] the direction that the horns are pointing,” said Palaeontologist Mark Goodwin of the University of California. “We believe now that many of the animals we thought were individual species are in fact existing species in different levels of maturity. This means that up to a third of the species on record may in fact not have existed at all. This is part of the learning curve of science especially as it relates to such incomplete records. We are sure though that the majority of dinosaurs did in fact exist.”
Others aren’t so sure. A growing movement within the United States has grabbed hold of the new conclusions and, already in opposition to the idea of dinosaurs at all, citing it as evidence of the inability to trust science.
“This is simply further evidence that science has been pulling the wool over our eyes 
for years. We have known for a long time that these so-called dinosaurs never existed and now we have very clear evidence of that. If dinosaurs had existed the scientists would have had it right but now they admit they were wrong, which is the same thing as lying,” said David Chambers of the anti-dinosaur group RAWR. “Science expects us to simply accept their word on these things without question. They make movies and toys and brainwash children into believing g their lies meaning future generations will be unable to escape the cycle of scientific belief. Now we know they have been lying for centuries and we will hold them accountable.”
Chambers also went on to state that his group believes dinosaur fossils and bones that have been uncovered are a result of an elaborate system of fakery by the scientific community.
“Because dinosaurs are in essence such ridiculous animals it’s reasonable that people would have doubts as to their existence but that is why we have the scientific process. It allows us to postulate theories and then eliminate them as possibilities once the evidence has been collected. The elimination of such evidence does not necessarily mean that other things are untrue,” said Scrape TV Science analyst Dr. Howard Poe. “Of course that doesn’t make them true either. This is an interesting theory that could lead to a whole scale renovation of the way we have thought about prehistory. It’s unlikely that we will find that the Earth is 6000 years old and that the Sun revolves around it but stranger things have happened.”
Steven Spielberg, director of the ‘Jurassic Park’ movies, has reportedly put a rumoured sequel on the backburner citing a desire for scientific responsibility.
Anna Phillips, Science Correspondent
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