Dinosaur Feathers Found in Ancient Amber

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By Breanna Draxler
Sep 20, 2013 8:35 PMNov 19, 2019 8:55 PM
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These feathers got stuck in a glob of amber millions of years ago. Image credit: Science/AAAS Instead of digging through rocks and rubble to find fossils, a group of Canadian paleontologists decided to dig through museums' amber collections instead. Their unique approach paid off when they discovered feathers and never-before-seen structures, which they think are something called dinofuzz. As described in Science Now,

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