Evolutionary Path From Ornithomimus Dinosaurs to Birds: Image of Dinosaur With Feathers

A paleontologist's discovery of the fossil of an ostrich-like dinosaur with tail feathers and skin in the legs is stirring up excitement in the scientific world, in case you hadn't noticed. Other discoveries pointing toward that evolutionary path have been made before -- in China, for example, as I remember. However, this new one adds importantly to the accumulating mass of related finds, from which it also benefits, I think, in terms of the internet chatter we're witnessing.

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Next time you eat chicken -- or ingokho to many Kenyans -- just remember it's a living dinosaur. Give it the respect it deserves.