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Everything you wanted to know about feathered dinosaurs

Started by Halichoeres, November 23, 2020, 02:57:40 PM

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Dan Ksepka reviews the evidence for feathers in various dinosaur lineages and the stages of their evolution. It's a pretty accessible read and covers some hypotheses for the origins of feathers (he takes a dim view of insulation as an early function, for example).



Open access (I think) in Current Biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982220315116
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Thanks for confirming! Sometimes I can't tell whether I only have access through my employer.
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