- Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it sheds new light on how birds such as peacocks inherited their ability to show off. It is thought its flamboyant features were used to dazzle mates or intimidate foe. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dinosaur-fuzz-rods-feathers-first-southern-hemisphere 3 comments science
- The chicken-sized carnivore is the first feathered dino fossil found in the Southern Hemisphere. Named Ubirajara jubatus, the plucky predator lived 110 million years ago and probably used its unusual shoulder feathers and mane for display purposes to attract mates and ward off rivals. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dinosaur-fuzz-rods-feathers-first-southern-hemisphere 4 comments science
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- Southern Hemisphere's first known feathered dinosaur had weird rods | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dinosaur-fuzz-rods-feathers-first-southern-hemisphere/amp?__twitter_impression=true 28 comments
- How ‘parachute science’ in paleontology plays out in 3 countries https://www.sciencenews.org/article/parachute-paleontology-science-colonialism-fossils 2 comments
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