This implies that dinosaurs may have retained their scaly reptile skin during the early days of feather evolution. "Collectively, the fossil evidence supports partitioning of skin development in ...

reveals that the protein composition of modern-day feathers was also present in the feathers of dinosaurs and early birds, confirming that the chemistry of feathers originated much earlier than ...

For example, where people once believed that dinosaurs were covered in scales, we now understand that they were more likely covered in feathers. In other words, dinosaurs had more in common with ...