2024.01.31

Living Color

New technique reveals fossil colors

The bird Confuciusornis, which lived more than 120 million years ago, had warm-colored feathers.(credit: Millard H. Sharp/Science Source)

The bird Confuciusornis, which lived more than 120 million years ago, had warm-colored feathers.(credit: Millard H. Sharp/Science Source)

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