News Animals Oops, missed that fossil iridescence Nanostructures on preserved feather bear first fossil evidence of bird color not from pigments By Susan Milius August 28, 2009 at 12:09 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Birds shimmered at least 40 million years before custom car paints, according to a new look at old fossils. FIRST GLIMMER A 40-million-year-old fossil feather from Germany shows the first fossil evidence of bird color that doesn’t come from pigments.
