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Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

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Shultz gently lifted it from the tray. “You see how this is black, and this is black,” she said, delicately pointing at the bird’s soiled feathers with a gloved finger. More than a century ...