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A pair of colourful eggs

Birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank for their colourful eggs

31 October 2018

A careful look at dinosaur fossil eggs suggests colourful eggs evolved just once – in the group of dinosaurs that eventually gave rise to birds

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