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NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003
Speech to explore flight origins
By Kevin Wiggs
kwiggs@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A four-winged bird fossil has cracked the bedrock of the theory of bird evolution, and a researcher at the University of Kansas is preparing to explain why.
Larry Martin, paleontologist and curator for the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas, will speak about the fossil at Sigma Xi Day at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Sigma Xi is an
international, invitation-only scientific institution.
His lecture, "The four-winged wonder and other feathered dinosaurs," is free and open to the public.
public. The fossil, discovered in China last year but not announced publicly until January 2003, are from a bird with two sets of wings — one set in the front and another in the back.
the back.
"This is probably the most significant discovery made in fossil bird evolution in the last 100 years," Martin said. "It's the greatest thing since sliced bread."
The new animal, Cryptovolans, differs from other birds
because its hind legs functioned as a second set of wings.
"Ive only had a glance," said Wakefield Dorr Jn., president of the KU chapter of Sigma Xi. "But it's world-shaking information."
Martin said that this discovery was the best evidence to support a radical theory made by Gregory Paul, a Maryland paleontologist and author. His theory says that maniraptorians, a group of "supposed" dinosaurs long thought to be ancestors of birds, are instead flightless birds derived from an animal similar to the oldest bird.
"This absolutely lays to rest the theory that flight evolved from the ground up," Martin said. "It also
supports the idea that they went through a stage of evolution we never thought of."
Martin said interested students should attend because it will be an opportunity to hear about the hottest controversy in the bird evolution world from the people most involved.
The evening will include a reception for 18 new Sigma Xi members and an awards ceremony for scientific research presentations. Three students will divide $1,500 in prizes for oral presentations in a students only research competition.
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Stauffer said the case would have been dropped long ago because of lack of evidence against the two male suspects if it had not been kept public.
Martin family was the status of Zumbado and Castro, Weinberg said. He said the family was worried the two men would flee if they learned they were indicted.
Martin's death to provide evidence that may identify Martin's killer. Rojas also said the organization had monthly contact with the FBI.
One of the suspects, Katia Venessa Cruz Murillo is now in custody, but Rafael Zumbado and Luis Alberto Castro were released because of insufficient evidence.
Rojas assured them the two men were being monitored constantly and the organization knew where they were at all times, Weinberg said.
had not been repaired. Officials assured Carlin and Weinberg that DNA testing had been conducted at the time of
One of the concerns of the
times, Weinberg gave
Weinberg said First Vice President
Saborio was sincere in her
assurances and there were no questions officials hesitated to answer.
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answer.
"She made it plain to me that as a former director of OIJ, as a mother, as a Costa Rican, that there would be no effort that would not be made in order to find who murdered Shannon Martin," Weinberg said.
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Coleman said. "It takes lots of focus, and you have to believe in your abilities."
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Betty Coleman, Jason's mom, attends most of his tournaments.
"Sometimes it makes me nervous to watch," she said. "He once got knocked out at a tournament, and we have it on videotape."
Brian Cole, Bonner Springs junior and Coleman's roommate, described him as a easy-going person.
"He's much more comical than you think he'd be," Cole said.
Coleman said that it was not all about being macho and fighting. This sport had taught him discipline.
"I don't fight if I don't have to." Coleman said. "I'd much rather just walk away."
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Because Coleman is also a student-trainer for the KU basketball team, he only has time to train in Bonner Springs once a week. He clocks in 25
Jason Coleman, Bonner Springs junior, balances his free time between Tae Kwon Do and working as a student-trainer for the men's basketball team. Coleman ranks second in the world for sparring and third for team demonstrations in the martial art.
hours a week helping train the Jayhawks.
Coleman is looking forward to an upcoming tournament in Connecticut. If he places within the top-three competitors, he will qualify for the U.S. Open.
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