FEATHERS ARE THE KEY TO DINOSAUR COLOURS

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    Professor Phil Manning, a palaeontologist at the University of Manchester who was one of the authors of the new study, said: 'The avian descendants of dinosaurs have kept the chemical key to unlocking colour precisely in their feather chemistry.'

    Period21 Nov 2016

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    • TitleFEATHERS ARE THE KEY TO DINOSAUR COLOURS
      Date21/11/16
      PersonsPhillip Manning
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    Keywords

    • dinosaurs
    • feathers
    • palaeontology
    • pigment
    • biology

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