Dino feathers about mating, not flying?
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
BEIJING, March 9 (UPI) -- The feathers of a winged dinosaur that lived about 130 million years ago may have been more about attracting a mate than flight, researchers say.
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