So they found this adorable little dinosaur called Anchiornis

fuzzywuzzymcsnugglydeerbutts:

dandalf-thegay:

See those feathers? The skeleton they found was so well-preserved that scientists were able to examine the pigment cells in the feathers and compare them to those of modern day birds.

And they were able to do this with such accuracy that they know the coloration of this dinosaur. In life it looked something like this.

It just baffles me that we know the color patterns of an animal that has been dead for 161 million years

They found a prehistoric chicken that wears adidas swear pants my god

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