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Microraptor's Flashy Feathers (12 of 12)

Caption: Julia Clarke, of the University of Texas at Austin, discusses insights on the evolution of feathers from the new specimen of Microraptor. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the March 9, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Quanguo Li at the Beijing Museum of Natural History in Beijing, China, and colleagues was titled, "Reconstruction of Microraptor and the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage."

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