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Yale researchers discover the true colors of dinosaurs

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, February 10, 2010

While the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park were scaly, greenish-brown monsters, dinosaurs in real life may have looked more like flamboyantly feathered peacocks.
A study by Yale researchers Jakob Vinther GRD ’11 and Richard Prum, which appeared in the journal Science earlier this month, has paved the way for the first true color images of a dinosaur. Vinther, a student in the geology and geophysics department, and Prum, an ornithologist and a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, said they hope the images will revolutionize dinosaur research.
“This is a new chapter in the...

#1 By Birds! 3:55a.m. on February 10, 2010

Sooo cool!

#2 By ??? 8:17a.m. on February 10, 2010

Isn't this article saying the same thing as this one, which was written last semester???
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/scitech-news/2009/09/04/dinosaurs-are-colorful-yale-researchers-find/

#3 By Hieronymus 9:11a.m. on February 10, 2010

Now that, THAT, is science! Cross-fertilization of research and ideas.

#4 By I love dinosaurs 1:10p.m. on February 10, 2010

cool article!

#5 By Vitek for Congress 11:39p.m. on February 10, 2010

Let's hear about Tasha! Tell the WHOLE STORY YDN!

#6 By selena n.asmo 5:24p.m. on February 24, 2010

dinosaurs live in 1,006544 years and more maybe a earthquick or a valcano exloed loud. the dinosaurs baby died :(

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