Andrew Atroshenko paintings

An exceptionally preserved skeleton of a petite dinosaur clad in a jacket of downy feathers is more evidence that feathers arose for warmth, not for flight, scientists announced today.
The fossil is the first feathered dinosaur discovered with its fluffy body covering fully preserved and scientists claim the find provides further evidence for the theory that modern birds evolved from meat-eating dinosaurs. Over the last two decades, most paleontologists have accepted the theory that present-day birds evolved from a group of meat-eating dinosaurs known as theropods. A minority remain skeptical, claiming that the evolutionary timing can't make sense. This specimen bolsters arguments that our fine feathered friends did evolve from dinosaurs.