Theropods and Birds showing a change in kinds

Hey guys! Just in from China:"A team of scientists from China and the UK has now revealed that the bristles of this 125 million-year-old dinosaur were in fact ginger-coloured feathers."BBC News - Dinosaur had ginger feathersCheck it out.This gives more weight to a very well-supported theory that modern birds evolved from theropods, the group of small carnivorous dinosaurs to which Sinosauropteryx belonged.""The findings also help to resolve a long-standing debate about the evolution and original function of feathers."We now know that feathers did not originate as flight structures," said Professor Benton. "This suggests that they evolved, initially, for insulation and perhaps for display. " "Kinda timely, I'd say.

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- xongsmith, 5.7d

Caffeine writes: And, remember - who said any of these sorts of features had to be optimal? They only had to be good enough.Edited by xongsmith, : change period to question mark.

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Is this article I found on Facebook relevant to this thread?Why the world has to ignore ReptileEvolution.com - Scientific American Blog Network