Fossil feathers preserve evidence of color

The traces of organic material found in fossil feathers are remnants of pigments that once gave birds their color, according to Yale scientists whose paper in Biology Letters opens up the potential to depict the original coloration of fossilized birds and their ancestors, the dinosaurs.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news134797908.html">Fossil feathers preserve evidence of color</a></p> <p>The traces of organic material found in fossil feathers are remnants of pigments that once gave birds their color, according to Yale scientists whose paper in <I>Biology Letters</I> opens up the potential to depict the original coloration of fossilized birds and their ancestors, the dinosaurs.</p>