66-million-year-old feather in dinosaur poop may reveal why birds survived the asteroid

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A feather discovered inside 66-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur poop may help explain why modern birds survived the asteroid catastrophe. The extinct bird it came from had more primitive insulating feathers, suggesting superior plumage may have helped the ancestors of living birds endure the deadly impact winter.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 003849.htm
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