Currie, Phillip
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 13 March 1949 at 00:15 (= 12:15 AM ) | ||
| Place | Brampton, Canada, 43n41, 79w46 | ||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   22°19'   29°54 Asc. 00°54'
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Biography
Canadian scientist, curator of dinosaur research at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta, an internationally renowned society. On 6/23/1998, he spoke to the media at a press conference of his findings of several fossils, dated at 120 million to 136 million years ago, that are absolute proof that birds evolved from dinosaurs, a theory that has been hotly contested for more than 20 years. Both fossils were removed from a dry lake bed in the northeast China but Chinese scientists, an area rich in deposits of dinosaur remains. Evolutionary biologist Alan Feduccia, contests the conclusion, remarking that the dates are still unresolved and that they could be feathered dinosaurs.
Events
- Work : Gain social status 23 June 1998 (Announced proof of bird-dinosaur link)
Source Notes
John McKay-Clements quotes him in a letter, 1997, "I seem to recall that it was said to be just after midnight."
Categories
- Vocation : Education : Administrator (Curator at museum)
- Vocation : Science : Other Science (Paleontology)
