Alan Feduccia Quotes

There's been way too much hyperbole. To get back to any good science you've got to get away from that and get back to the bench... I think the field is ripe for some young scientist who doesn't have any cemented views to come in and look at this and paint it with a brand-new brush. - Alan Feduccia

The whole thing had become circular -- birds are dinosaurs, so whatever we find on dinosaurs that looks like a rudimentary feather has got to represent the origin of feathers. - Alan Feduccia

The question is, which three? In dinosaurs we know it's the thumb and the next two fingers. - Alan Feduccia

The fiber-collagen meshwork looked virtually identical to these so-called 'proto-feathers' found in the Chinese dinosaurs. - Alan Feduccia

The age dates for these things are still unresolved... We need to back up and take a closer look at these things before drawing any final conclusions. - Alan Feduccia

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