More on the storied history of our favorite birds

[Noble Rooster]

Article in today's NYT about a chicken-sized dinosaur fossil find that is shaking up how bird evolution took place.

Go out and hug your mini-dinos!

 

[KristyHall]

that is pretty neat. Fossils are great.

 

[Illia]

Always count on China for that. . . . . China always has the feathered ones, whether they be closer to modern birds or not.

In fact China is where we found some of the first dinosaurs that had enough feather to give us clues on color. (based on the chemicals in the feathers)

 

[kidcody]

Super interesting!