-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- scientists say a very rare find of some 20 fossilized pterodactyls has produced the first clear evidence of a controversial theory of evolution . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- super bowl fans in tucson , arizona , caught a different kind of show during sunday 's big game . just as cardinals ' superstar larry fitzgerald watched himself sprint into the end zone on the stadium 's jumbotron during sunday 's super bowl , 10 seconds of eye-popping pornographic imagery `` flashed '' across the screens of those watching at home . `` we are mortified by last evening 's super bowl interruption , and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming , '' comcast cable said in a written statement . `` our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act , '' the statement added . comcast , and several local television stations that carried the signal , say they are currently investigating what caused the interruption . `` it appears this material was only viewed by some comcast customers , '' local tucson television station kvoa-tv said in a written statement . this image shows the fossilized skeleton of darwinopterus which was found in north-east china earlier this year . the fossils were found in northeast china earlier this year , embedded in rock dating back 160 million years , and have been called `` darwinopterus '' after the renowned naturalist charles darwin . television station kvoa added `` when the nbc feed of the super bowl was transmitted from kvoa to local cable providers and through over-the-air antennas , there was no pornographic material , '' kvoa president and general manager gary nielsen said in a separate statement . the creature 's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both . the combination of features indicates that the primitive pterodactyls evolved relatively quickly , and that certain groups of features changed at the same time . traditional evolutionary theory suggests that one feature -- a tail for instance -- would slowly evolve over time . `` darwinopterus came as quite a shock to us , '' said david unwin , from the university of leicester 's school of museum studies , which identified the creature , along with researchers from the geological institute of beijing . `` we had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs , while the rest of the skeleton , including a very long tail , is identical to that of primitive forms , '' he said . by comparing the fossil with others from earlier and later periods , scientists have been able to sketch a rough timeline of the pterodactyl 's progression . `` the head and neck evolved first , followed later by the body , tail , wings and legs , '' unwin said . the researchers say more study is needed to substantiate the idea of that evolution could occur relatively quickly , and that whole parts of a plant or animal 's body could change at once . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- how did this happen ? that is what many people were asking wednesday , after news broke that a health care worker had flown commercially at a time she was supposedly monitoring herself for a possible ebola infection . amber vinson , 29 , is the third person to be diagnosed with ebola in the united states -- after thomas eric duncan , the liberian national who fell ill after coming to texas , and nina pham , who like vinson had cared for duncan at dallas ' texas health presbyterian hospital . as with pham , many questions surround how vinson contracted ebola despite efforts to prevent health care workers like them from getting the disease . now they are compounded with others about safeguards for those who had contact with duncan , who succumbed to the disease on october 8 , to prevent the disease from spreading further . the fossils indicate darwinopterus was about the size of a crow , with long jaws , sharp , pointed teeth and a flexible neck . it had `` hawk-like '' qualities , scientists say , which allowed the creature to kill and eat smaller , feathered dinosaurs which would later evolve into birds . pterodactyls were prevalent during the mesozoic era between 220 and 65 million years ago . the research has been published in the `` proceedings of the royal society b : biological sciences . '' mystery surrounds the sensational cctv footage showing the gem thieves in the middle of their audacious # 60million heist after it was suggested that the police had missed this crucial evidence . the daily mirror published sensational pictures of the hatton garden raiders 21 hours before scotland yard released them in a bid to appeal for information about identities of the thieves . the tabloid claims it handed the images to police , who were ` delighted ' , according to a report today in its sister title the sunday mirror , with an apparent source saying it ` blows the case wide open ' . but yesterday afternoon detectives insisted they already had the cctv footage , which they claim was recovered ` at the earliest opportunity ' . pictured : the met has released images of three of the gang which broke into hatton garden over the easter weekend - but has only done so after the shots were revealed by the daily mirror . audacious : exactly why the police did not release the images beforehand is unclear - especially as the tabloid 's sister paper the sunday mirror claims they are the key to ` cracking the case wide open ' this is in stark contrast with the response given to mailonline hours before , when police refused to say whether they had the footage . the met finally released the pictures late on saturday afternoon , while the mirror could sell the images to a number of other national titles , including this website . up until that point , no other newspaper was able to help the police trace the culprits of what could be the biggest ever robbery in britain . it raises questions about why the police chose to keep them to themselves - or whether they even had the footage . speaking to radio 4 's today programme this morning , former flying squad chief john o'connor said : ` i 've never heard of anything like this . ` i 'm not blaming the mirror , but i am pointing some quite accusing fingers at the police for not finding it themselves . ' questions : former flying squad chief john o'connor said he had ` never heard of anything like ' a newspaper getting such crucial footage before the police got their hands on it - although police now say they had it . it is likely to put further pressure on an investigation which has already been accused of a number of failings . owners of the security deposit boxes are continuing to demand answers on why police failed to respond to the alarm when it first went off over the long weekend . and now the mailonline has revealed some have resorted to bribing security guards , as they desperately try to find out information about what has been lost . the gang is thought to have hidden in an office before abseiling down a lift shaft and drilling into a vault . the cctv will have gone some way to answering questions for those who lost thousands of pounds in the theft . it reveals how the raiders entered the building by a side door on thursday evening , minutes after staff left the premises . they then entered the basement through the lift shaft , and broke through the shutters before spending hours in the vault - emerging the next morning carrying the gems out the building in a wheelie bin . they then returned on saturday night , apparently repeating the process throughout the night , leaving early on the morning of easter sunday . the burglary was discovered on tuesday morning . police have now said 72 out of the vaults 999 boxes were opened .
researchers say rare fossil find provides evidence of one theory of evolution . 20 fossilized pterodactyls found in china in rock dating back 160 million years . fossils show creatures had characteristics of two types of known pterodactyls . scientists say fossils show groups of features changed relatively rapidly .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- scientists say a very rare find of some 20 fossilized pterodactyls has produced the first clear evidence of a controversial theory of evolution . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- super bowl fans in tucson , arizona , caught a different kind of show during sunday 's big game . just as cardinals ' superstar larry fitzgerald watched himself sprint into the end zone on the stadium 's jumbotron during sunday 's super bowl , 10 seconds of eye-popping pornographic imagery `` flashed '' across the screens of those watching at home . `` we are mortified by last evening 's super bowl interruption , and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming , '' comcast cable said in a written statement . `` our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act , '' the statement added . comcast , and several local television stations that carried the signal , say they are currently investigating what caused the interruption . `` it appears this material was only viewed by some comcast customers , '' local tucson television station kvoa-tv said in a written statement . this image shows the fossilized skeleton of darwinopterus which was found in north-east china earlier this year . the fossils were found in northeast china earlier this year , embedded in rock dating back 160 million years , and have been called `` darwinopterus '' after the renowned naturalist charles darwin . television station kvoa added `` when the nbc feed of the super bowl was transmitted from kvoa to local cable providers and through over-the-air antennas , there was no pornographic material , '' kvoa president and general manager gary nielsen said in a separate statement . the creature 's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both . the combination of features indicates that the primitive pterodactyls evolved relatively quickly , and that certain groups of features changed at the same time . traditional evolutionary theory suggests that one feature -- a tail for instance -- would slowly evolve over time . `` darwinopterus came as quite a shock to us , '' said david unwin , from the university of leicester 's school of museum studies , which identified the creature , along with researchers from the geological institute of beijing . `` we had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs , while the rest of the skeleton , including a very long tail , is identical to that of primitive forms , '' he said . by comparing the fossil with others from earlier and later periods , scientists have been able to sketch a rough timeline of the pterodactyl 's progression . `` the head and neck evolved first , followed later by the body , tail , wings and legs , '' unwin said . the researchers say more study is needed to substantiate the idea of that evolution could occur relatively quickly , and that whole parts of a plant or animal 's body could change at once . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- how did this happen ? that is what many people were asking wednesday , after news broke that a health care worker had flown commercially at a time she was supposedly monitoring herself for a possible ebola infection . amber vinson , 29 , is the third person to be diagnosed with ebola in the united states -- after thomas eric duncan , the liberian national who fell ill after coming to texas , and nina pham , who like vinson had cared for duncan at dallas ' texas health presbyterian hospital . as with pham , many questions surround how vinson contracted ebola despite efforts to prevent health care workers like them from getting the disease . now they are compounded with others about safeguards for those who had contact with duncan , who succumbed to the disease on october 8 , to prevent the disease from spreading further . the fossils indicate darwinopterus was about the size of a crow , with long jaws , sharp , pointed teeth and a flexible neck . it had `` hawk-like '' qualities , scientists say , which allowed the creature to kill and eat smaller , feathered dinosaurs which would later evolve into birds . pterodactyls were prevalent during the mesozoic era between 220 and 65 million years ago . the research has been published in the `` proceedings of the royal society b : biological sciences . '' mystery surrounds the sensational cctv footage showing the gem thieves in the middle of their audacious # 60million heist after it was suggested that the police had missed this crucial evidence . the daily mirror published sensational pictures of the hatton garden raiders 21 hours before scotland yard released them in a bid to appeal for information about identities of the thieves . the tabloid claims it handed the images to police , who were ` delighted ' , according to a report today in its sister title the sunday mirror , with an apparent source saying it ` blows the case wide open ' . but yesterday afternoon detectives insisted they already had the cctv footage , which they claim was recovered ` at the earliest opportunity ' . pictured : the met has released images of three of the gang which broke into hatton garden over the easter weekend - but has only done so after the shots were revealed by the daily mirror . audacious : exactly why the police did not release the images beforehand is unclear - especially as the tabloid 's sister paper the sunday mirror claims they are the key to ` cracking the case wide open ' this is in stark contrast with the response given to mailonline hours before
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- scientists say a very rare find of some 20 fossilized pterodactyls has produced the first clear evidence of a controversial theory of evolution . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- super bowl fans in tucson , arizona , caught a different kind of show during sunday 's big game . just as cardinals ' superstar larry fitzgerald watched himself sprint into the end zone on the stadium 's jumbotron during sunday 's super bowl , 10 seconds of eye-popping pornographic imagery `` flashed '' across the screens of those watching at home . `` we are mortified by last evening 's super bowl interruption , and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming , '' comcast cable said in a written statement . `` our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act , '' the statement added . comcast , and several local television stations that carried the signal , say they are currently investigating what caused the interruption . `` it appears this material was only viewed by some comcast customers , '' local tucson television station kvoa-tv said in a written statement . this image shows the fossilized skeleton of darwinopterus which was found in north-east china earlier this year . the fossils were found in northeast china earlier this year , embedded in rock dating back 160 million years , and have been called `` darwinopterus '' after the renowned naturalist charles darwin . television station kvoa added `` when the nbc feed of the super bowl was transmitted from kvoa to local cable providers and through over-the-air antennas , there was no pornographic material , '' kvoa president and general manager gary nielsen said in a separate statement . the creature 's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both . the combination of features indicates that the primitive pterodactyls evolved relatively quickly , and that certain groups of features changed at the same time . traditional evolutionary theory suggests that one feature -- a tail for instance -- would slowly evolve over time . `` darwinopterus came as quite a shock to us , '' said david unwin , from the university of leicester 's school of museum studies , which identified the creature , along with researchers from the geological institute of beijing . `` we had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs , while the rest of the skeleton , including a very long tail , is identical to that of primitive forms , '' he said . by comparing the fossil with others from earlier and later periods , scientists have been able to sketch a rough timeline of the pterodactyl 's progression . `` the head and neck evolved first , followed later by the body , tail , wings and legs , '' unwin said . the researchers say more study is needed to substantiate the idea of that evolution could occur relatively quickly , and that whole parts of a plant or animal 's body could change at once . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- how did this happen ? that is what many people were asking wednesday , after news broke that a health care worker had flown commercially at a time she was supposedly monitoring herself for a possible ebola infection . amber vinson , 29 , is the third person to be diagnosed with ebola in the united states -- after thomas eric duncan , the liberian national who fell ill after coming to texas , and nina pham , who like vinson had cared for duncan at dallas ' texas health presbyterian hospital . as with pham , many questions surround how vinson contracted ebola despite efforts to prevent health care workers like them from getting the disease . now they are compounded with others about safeguards for those who had contact with duncan , who succumbed to the disease on october 8 , to prevent the disease from spreading further . the fossils indicate darwinopterus was about the size of a crow , with long jaws , sharp , pointed teeth and a flexible neck . it had `` hawk-like '' qualities , scientists say , which allowed the creature to kill and eat smaller , feathered dinosaurs which would later evolve into birds . pterodactyls were prevalent during the mesozoic era between 220 and 65 million years ago . the research has been published in the `` proceedings of the royal society b : biological sciences . '' mystery surrounds the sensational cctv footage showing the gem thieves in the middle of their audacious # 60million heist after it was suggested that the police had missed this crucial evidence . the daily mirror published sensational pictures of the hatton garden raiders 21 hours before scotland yard released them in a bid to appeal for information about identities of the thieves . the tabloid claims it handed the images to police , who were ` delighted ' , according to a report today in its sister title the sunday leaving early on the morning of easter sunday . the burglary was discovered on tuesday morning . police have now said 72 out of the vaults 999 boxes were opened .
-lrb- cnn -- scientists say a very rare find has produced a controversial theory. -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- super bowl fans in tucson, arizona caught a different kind show during sunday 's big game. just as cardinals ' superstar larry fitzgerald watched himself sprint the stadium 's jumbotron during sunday 's super bowl, 10 seconds eye-popping pornographic imagery `` flashed '' across those at `` we mortified last evening 's super bowl interruption, deeply apologize the inappropriate programming, '' comcast cable. `` our initial investigation suggests this an isolated malicious act, '' the statement added. comcast, and several local television stations that carried the signal, say currently investigating what. `` it appears this material only viewed some comcast customers, '' local tucson television station kvoa-tv. this image the fossilized skeleton darwinopterus which north-east china earlier. the fossils northeast china earlier, embedded rock dating 160 and have called `` darwinopterus after the renowned naturalist charles darwin. television station kvoa added `` when the nbc feed of the super bowl transmitted from local cable providers through over antennas, there no pornographic material, '' general manager gary nielsen. the creature 's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts within two recognized groups -- primitive long-tailed forms advanced short-tail forms display characteristics. the combination features indicates the primitive pterodactyls evolved relatively, certain groups features changed at traditional evolutionary theory suggests one feature -- a tail for instance would slowly. `` darwinopterus came as quite a shock, '' david unwin from the university leicester 's school museum studies, which identified, along researchers the geological institute beijing `` we had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features a moderately elongate tail -- neither long the strange thing darwinopterus a head and neck just advanced pterosaurs, while, identical primitive forms, '' he. by comparing the fossil with others from, scientists sketch a rough timeline the pterodactyl 's progression. `` the head and evolved first, followed, tail wings '' unwin said. the researchers say more study substantiate that evolution could occur relatively, whole parts a plant change at once. -lrb- cnn -- how did? that what many people were asking wednesday, after news a health care worker flown commercially at a time she supposedly monitoring herself a possible ebola infection. amber vinson, 29 is diagnosed ebola the united states -- after thomas eric duncan the liberian national who fell coming texas nina pham like cared duncan at dallas ' texas health presbyterian hospital as with pham, many questions surround how vinson contracted ebola despite efforts health care workers like them. now they compounded others about safeguards those had contact duncan, who succumbed on october 8, to prevent. the fossils indicate darwinopterus about a crow, with long jaws sharp, pointed a flexible neck it had `` hawk-like '' qualities, scientists which allowed kill and smaller, feathered dinosaurs which would evolve birds pterodactyls were prevalent during the mesozoic era between 220 65. the research has the `` proceedings the royal society b : biological sciences. '' mystery surrounds the sensational cctv footage showing the gem thieves in the middle their audacious # 60million heist after it suggested the police missed this crucial evidence. the daily mirror published sensational pictures the hatton garden raiders 21 hours scotland yard released in appeal identities. the tabloid claims it handed the images, ` delighted ', according today its sister title the sunday mirror, with an apparent source ` blows the case wide but yesterday afternoon detectives insisted already the cctv footage, claim recovered ` at the earliest opportunity ' pictured : the met has released images three the gang which broke hatton garden over the easter weekend - has only done the shots revealed the daily mirror. audacious : exactly why the police did release the images beforehand is - especially the tabloid 's sister paper sunday mirror claims the key ` cracking wide this is in the response given to mailonline hours, police refused say the footage. the met finally released the pictures late saturday afternoon, while the mirror could sell the images a number other national titles, this website up until, no other newspaper help the police trace what could britain it raises why the police chose keep them to - or whether even the footage. speaking radio 4 's today programme this, former flying squad chief john o'connor : ` i ' anything. ` i 'm blaming the mirror, pointing some quite accusing fingers the police finding it themselves. ' questions : former flying squad chief john o'connor said ` never ' a newspaper getting such crucial footage before the police got - although police now had it. it likely put further pressure an investigation which accused a number failings. owners the security deposit boxes continuing demand answers police failed respond the alarm when first over the long weekend. and now the mailonline has revealed some have resorted bribing security guards, as desperately find information what lost. the gang is thought hidden an office before abseiling down a lift shaft drilling a vault. the cctv will have gone some way answering questions for those lost thousands the theft. it reveals the raiders entered by a side door on thursday evening, minutes staff left they then entered through the lift shaft, broke before spending hours vault - emerging the carrying the gems out the building in they then returned on saturday night, apparently repeating throughout leaving early easter sunday the burglary was discovered tuesday morning. police now said 72 out the vaults 999 boxes.
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- scientists say a very rare find of some 20 fossilized pterodactyls has produced the first clear evidence of a controversial theory of evolution . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- super bowl fans in tucson , arizona , caught a different kind of show during sunday 's big game . just as cardinals ' superstar larry fitzgerald watched himself sprint into the end zone on the stadium 's jumbotron during sunday 's super bowl , 10 seconds of eye-popping pornographic imagery `` flashed '' across the screens of those watching at home . `` we are mortified by last evening 's super bowl interruption , and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming , '' comcast cable said in a written statement . `` our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act , '' the statement added . comcast , and several local television stations that carried the signal , say they are currently investigating what caused the interruption . `` it appears this material was only viewed by some comcast customers , '' local tucson television station kvoa-tv said in a written statement . this image shows the fossilized skeleton of darwinopterus which was found in north-east china earlier this year . the fossils were found in northeast china earlier this year , embedded in rock dating back 160 million years , and have been called `` darwinopterus '' after the renowned naturalist charles darwin . television station kvoa added `` when the nbc feed of the super bowl was transmitted from kvoa to local cable providers and through over-the-air antennas , there was no pornographic material , '' kvoa president and general manager gary nielsen said in a separate statement . the creature 's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both . the combination of features indicates that the primitive pterodactyls evolved relatively quickly , and that certain groups of features changed at the same time . traditional evolutionary theory suggests that one feature -- a tail for instance -- would slowly evolve over time . `` darwinopterus came as quite a shock to us , '' said david unwin , from the university of leicester 's school of museum studies , which identified the creature , along with researchers from the geological institute of beijing . `` we had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs , while the rest of the skeleton , including a very long tail , is identical to that of primitive forms , '' he said . by comparing the fossil with others from earlier and later periods , scientists have been able to sketch a rough timeline of the pterodactyl 's progression . `` the head and neck evolved first , evolve into birds . pterodactyls were prevalent during the mesozoic era between 220 and 65 million years ago . the research has been published in the `` proceedings of the royal society b : biological sciences . '' mystery surrounds the sensational cctv footage showing the gem thieves in the middle of their audacious # 60million heist after it was suggested that the police had missed this crucial evidence . the daily mirror published sensational pictures of the hatton garden raiders 21 hours before scotland yard released them in a bid to appeal for information about identities of the thieves . the tabloid claims it handed the images to police , who were ` delighted ' , according to a report today in its sister title the sunday mirror , with an apparent source saying it ` blows the case wide open ' . but yesterday afternoon detectives insisted they already had the cctv footage , which they claim was recovered ` at the earliest opportunity ' . pictured : the met has released images of three of the gang which broke into hatton garden over the easter weekend - but has only done so after the shots were revealed by the daily mirror . audacious : exactly why the police did not release the images beforehand is unclear - especially as the tabloid 's sister paper the sunday mirror claims they are the key to ` cracking the case wide open ' this is in stark contrast with the response given to mailonline hours before
 Scientists have discovered a rare fossil of a Pterodactyl, which has provided clear evidence of a controversial theory of evolution. The fossil was found in North-East China and is estimated to be around 160 million years old. It shows characteristics of both primitive and advanced forms, supporting the idea that some species evolved rapidly while others remained relatively unchanged. The discovery has been hailed as a significant breakthrough in the field of evolutionary biology.