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I wonder how this resurrection project is coming along http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1113874-the-frightening-disc...

Also, would anyone have any good theories as to why dinosaurs evolved feathers? and from what did it evolve from? was it hair?

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I believe feathers evolved from scales. I think they were first beneficial for dinosaurs for their likely elaborate courtship/mating rituals if birds are any indicator of how other dinosaurs found mates.

Early feathers weren't useful for flying, keeping warm or making a creature look bigger, so I would figure the advantage that made them useful was related to mating.

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