February 9, 2010

Dinosaurs in Color

Anchiornis huxleyiI always wondered what color dinosaurs actually were. And I wondered if we would ever be able to find out without going back in time. But it turns out that by comparing the melanosomes that they were able to recover from fossils, some paleontologists were able to deduce the expected pigmentation of the Anchiornis huxleyi.

Check out the full article for a 3-D rendering and more detail about the science.

Posted by josuah at February 9, 2010 6:47 AM UTC+00:00

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