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Did Dinosaurs Develop Feathers for Display? (5 of 5)

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Did Dinosaurs Develop Feathers for Display? (5 of 5)

image: This is a Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus). Males of this non-domestic species display a broad range of saturated structural colors, like vibrant reds, yellows and purple in concert with intricate ornamentation. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 24 Oct. 2014 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.-C. Koschowitz at University of Bonn in Bonn, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Beyond the rainbow." view more 

Credit: [Copyright: Georg Oleschinski/University of Bonn. Specimen from the collection the Institut für Zoologie, University of Bonn]


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