{"id":208,"date":"2011-09-26T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/09\/pretty-cool\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T18:53:58","slug":"pretty-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/09\/pretty-cool.html","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>Prehistoric feathers discovered in amber.<\/a> Of course, there\u2019s some base-stealing in this piece, like \u201cHow do we know these are *dinosaur* feathers?\u201d is a question neither answered nor asked. This might be bird feathers for all we know (though I don\u2019t have a problem with the proposition that birds evolved from dinosaurs). And the comboxes are filled with the usual clash of ignorant armies in stygian darkness, all screaming about science vs. religion and anointing this find as yet another religious icon for their scientifically and theologically illiterate feud. But still, the story is cool. I wonder if they can salvage some DNA from the feathers?<\/p>\n