More evidence that the majority of dinosaurs had feathers

[HewenttoJared]

http://m.wired.com/wiredscience/2012...red+Science%29

Neat pics

[Maynard]

http://m.wired.com/wiredscience/2012...red+Science%29

Neat pics

Makes you think!

[MadMonk]

The detail in that fossil is amazing. I wonder how they know it was feathers instead of something like hair? In the picture with the follicles anchoring feathers, the lighter colored lines look a lot like what I think hair would look. Maybe feathers are preserved better and leave the lines whereas hair wouldn't?

[HewenttoJared]

I think that the earlier proto feathers like these were actually a structure about halfway between feathers and hair. Sort of like goose down.