Fossilised giant penguin feathers reveal colour, feather structure of ancient birds

Friday, October 1, 2010 - 07:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A North Carolina State University researcher is part of a team that has discovered fossilised feathers from a giant penguin that lived near the Equator more than 36 million years ago. These feathery fossils reveal colour patterns in an ancient extinct penguin species, and offer clues to how modern penguin feathers evolved...

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