How did feathers evolve?

Video source record: https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_zimmer_how_did_feathers_evolve

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To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. We see early incarnations of feathers on dinosaur fossils, and remnants of dinosaurs in a bird's wish bone. Carl Zimmer explores the stages of evolution and how even the reasons

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