The structures zipping together the barbs in bird feathers could provide a model for new adhesives and new aerospace materials, according to a new study. Researchers 3D printed models of …read more Source:: Science
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New discovery pushes origin of feathers back by 70 million years
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•An international team of palaeontologists has discovered that the flying reptiles, pterosaurs, actually had four kinds of feathers, and these are shared with dinosaurs — pushing back the origin of …read more Source:: Science
Whales lost their teeth before evolving hair-like baleen in their mouths
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•Rivaling the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs, one of the most extraordinary transformations in the history of life was the evolution of baleen — rows of flexible hair-like plates that …read more Source:: Science