Everything you wanted to know about feathered dinosaurs

[Halichoeres]

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

[ceratopsian]

Yes, it's definitely Open Access.

[Halichoeres]

Thanks for confirming! Sometimes I can't tell whether I only have access through my employer.