http://io9.com/5840854/dinosaur-feathers-discovered-in-canadian-amber
"Today a group of paleontologists announced the results of an extensive
study of several well-preserved dinosaur feathers encased in amber.
Their work, which included samples from many stages in the evolution of
feathers, bolstered the findings of other scientists who've suggested
that dinosaurs (winged and otherwise) had multicolored and transparent
feathers of the sort you might see on birds today. The researchers also
presented evidence, based on the feathers' pigmentation and structures,
that today's bird feathers could have evolved from dinosaur feathers."
Dinosaur feathers! Via Jon Swabey.
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