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Sausages Clue to Dino Colours

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Palaeobiologists have discovered that small, sausage-shaped pouches found on fossilised feathers may not be bacteria, as formerly thought, but melanosomes - that is, microscopic colour-containing pouches that would've defined the colour of the plumage. If these pouches are decoded (different shapes = different colours), we could be given a fantastic view into the colours of prehistoric birds and even dinosaurs. At last we'll know if there are differences between males and females, whether they were a boring sludge green or trippy tie-dye rainbow...
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