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How did feathers evolve?

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Today we have birds. Millions and millions of years ago we had feathered dinosaurs. What happened in between?

In this recently posted TEDEd video, science journalist Carl Zimmer explains 200-million years of feather-evolution in just three minutes, with the help of some fine animation work by Armella Leung. Check out the rest of the lesson over on TEDEd.

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