On both page and screen, we're used to seeing dinosaurs ... no matter the species. This uniform fur coloring had evolutionary advantages and allowed mammals to avoid becoming prey to their more ...

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, grey-brown fur for camouflage.

Prior research has shown that patterns in melanosomes can be used to determine feather, fur, or skin coloring. This has led other research teams to learn about the coloring of many types of dinosaurs.

(Image Credit: Oscar Sanisidro) On both page and screen, we’re used to seeing dinosaurs ... no matter the species. This uniform fur coloring had evolutionary advantages and allowed mammals to avoid ...