# How did feathers evolve?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Carl Zimmer
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/carl_zimmer_how_did_feathers_evolve)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. We see early incarnations of feathers on dinosaur fossils, and remnants of dinosaurs in a bird's wish bone. Carl Zimmer explores the stages of evolution and how even the reasons for feathers have evolved over millions of years. \[Directed by Armella Leung, narrated by Carl Zimmer\].

## Lectures

1. [How did feathers evolve?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/carl_zimmer_how_did_feathers_evolve/07489bbb8d82), 4 min (TED's player)