Modern birds inherited their egg color from non-avian dinosaur ancestors that laid eggs in fully or partially open nests, according to new research led by Yale University researcher Jasmina Wiemann. The colors found in modern birds’ eggs did not evolve independently, as previously thought, but evolved instead from dinosaurs. This is an artist’s impression of the oviraptorid dinosaur Huanansaurus ganzhouensis. Image credit: Chuang Zhao. “This...
