Fig. 16

Archiornis huxleyi, the first dinosaur whose real colors we have discovered

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchiornis

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Using the [same] understanding of how pattern, expressed in feather color and shape, develops cellular genetic information, Prum en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Prum had sone what mayny would consider impossible: accurately demonstrate what color feather fossil dinosaur had, ending more than a century of speculative reconstruction of dinosaur color based on wishful thinking and humnanly impressive aesthetics. With the genetic techniques he has pioneered, in 2010 Prum and a team of researchers was able, for the first time, to accurately depict the color of one very interesting-looking prehistoric beast, ‘Anchiorinus huxleyi’, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchiornis who lived more than 150 million years ago.

Being able to reconstruct the plumage and pattern of a creature whose feathers have been decayed into dust for millions of years before humans ever appeared to marvel at them is truly an amazing development. With such impressive recent successes in science, perhaps his radical view on sexual selection might gain some wider acceptance. ~ Page 97

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