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A water color illustration of Anchiornis huxleyi, an extinct, non-avian dinosaur that sported a generally gray body, a reddish-brown, Mohawk-like crest and facial speckles, and white feathers on its wings and legs, with bold black-spangled tips. “This would be a very striking animal if it was alive today,” says study coauthor Richard Prum. (Credit: Michael DiGiorgio/Courtesy Yale)
YALE (US)—Scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million years by deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils. Continue…
