Feather evolution: looking up close and through deep time

作     者：Xing Xu 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human OriginsInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology & PaleoanthropologyChinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Life and PaleoenvironmentChinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《Science Bulletin》 (科学通报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第64卷第9期

页      面：563-564页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071002[理学-动物学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41688103  91514302) 

主　　题：looking up close and through deep time 

摘      要：The last two decades have witnessed significant advances in our understanding of the evolution of major avian characteristics(1–6)In particular, the spectacular discoveries of fossilized feathered dinosaurs from China and elsewhere have provided key insights into feather evolution (1,2)These fossils indicate that many non-avialan dinosaurs were feathered animals just like living birds.