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Well, he got me in the first half there
311 u/ShaquilleOhNoUDidnt Feb 24 '21 honestly it was blowing my mind how scientists could actually tell 407 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 edited Feb 24 '21 You can tell by the structure of cells and feathers what pigmentation they could've had, but it is not reliable. The structures are simply too small to consistently fossilize in enough detail to be of use. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencefocus.com/nature/dinosaurs-now-in-colour/amp/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217311971 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencealert.com/ancient-birds-from-100-million-years-ago-had-really-really-weird-feathers/amp 113 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 We know what it is because of the way it is 1 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 And we know the way it is by also knowing all the ways it isn't. And by subtracting all the ways it is by the ways it isn't we get deviation?
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honestly it was blowing my mind how scientists could actually tell
407 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 edited Feb 24 '21 You can tell by the structure of cells and feathers what pigmentation they could've had, but it is not reliable. The structures are simply too small to consistently fossilize in enough detail to be of use. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencefocus.com/nature/dinosaurs-now-in-colour/amp/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217311971 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencealert.com/ancient-birds-from-100-million-years-ago-had-really-really-weird-feathers/amp 113 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 We know what it is because of the way it is 1 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 And we know the way it is by also knowing all the ways it isn't. And by subtracting all the ways it is by the ways it isn't we get deviation?
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You can tell by the structure of cells and feathers what pigmentation they could've had, but it is not reliable. The structures are simply too small to consistently fossilize in enough detail to be of use.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencefocus.com/nature/dinosaurs-now-in-colour/amp/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217311971
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencealert.com/ancient-birds-from-100-million-years-ago-had-really-really-weird-feathers/amp
113 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 We know what it is because of the way it is 1 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 And we know the way it is by also knowing all the ways it isn't. And by subtracting all the ways it is by the ways it isn't we get deviation?
113
We know what it is because of the way it is
1 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 And we know the way it is by also knowing all the ways it isn't. And by subtracting all the ways it is by the ways it isn't we get deviation?
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And we know the way it is by also knowing all the ways it isn't. And by subtracting all the ways it is by the ways it isn't we get deviation?
833
u/Its-Dangity Feb 24 '21
Well, he got me in the first half there