Unearthed in China, fossils of feathered dinosaurs offer the most dramatic evidence yet discovered of the close evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and birds.

在中国出土的有羽毛的恐龙化石为恐龙和鸟类之间的密切进化关系提供了迄今为止最引人注目的证据。

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Why feathered dinosaurs eventually took to the air to become true birds is a mystery.

为什么带有羽翼的恐龙最后跃上蓝天变成了真正的鸟类，至今仍然是个迷。

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They plan to use this method to identify the colors of other feathered dinosaurs.

他们计划用这个方法去鉴别其他有羽翼的恐龙的颜色。

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They plan to use this method to identify the colors of other feathered dinosaurs.

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Fossil discoveries of feathered dinosaurs in northeastern China over the past two decades have challenged Archaeopteryx's place in bird evolution.

NPR: New Study Restores Famed Fossil To "Bird" Branch

It lived during the middle to late Jurassic era in China's Liaoning province where many early birds and feathered dinosaurs roamed.

NPR: New Study Restores Famed Fossil To "Bird" Branch

They join a number of other striking feathered dinosaurs found in ancient lake deposits in China and Germany, for which the presence of feathers is inferred by subtle markings on the fossil bones and wispy markings in the surrounding fossilised sediment.

BBC: Dinosaur feathers 'developed for courtship'