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 feathers
Check 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.
- xongsmith, 5.7d