John Pickrell
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Technicolour dinosaurs | New discoveries are revealing how ancient dinosaurs lived
New discoveries of dinosaurs’ colours and patterns are revealing how these ancient technicolour beasts lived.
What if the dinosaurs had survived?
If the dinosaurs hadn’t been wiped out in a mass extinction 66 million years ago, the world would look very different today…
How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?
Today we take the appearance of dinosaurs for granted, but it’s taken centuries of careful study to learn how to accurately read the clues in the fossil record.
![Sinosauropteryx - the first true colour dinosaur Sam / Olai Ose / Skjaervoy from Zhangjiagang, China (Dinosaurs!) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/41/2018/10/Sinosauropteryxfossil-96f0e2b.jpg?w=1200&webp=1 "Sinosauropteryx – the first true colour dinosaur Sam / Olai Ose / Skjaervoy from Zhangjiagang, China (Dinosaurs!) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons")
Sinosauropteryx - the first true colour dinosaur
Dinosaurs weren’t just green and black. Recent research allowed scientists to unveil the true colours of one of these prehistoric animals.