Statues and Dinosaurs

While at the Museum of Fine Art co-chaperoning the trip with my buddy E.D., I found myself thinking about dinosaurs.  You see, our docent was making a big deal about the recent discovery that all these plain, classic white statues from antiquity were actually painted back in the day.  The statues were colorful and had a different look and feel than the austere, pristine feeling we associate with the statues as they have weathered through time. 

Growing up, not only did we think all statues were an unadulterated white, but we also thought dinosaurs had thick, scaly, leather-like skin.  However, just as modern science has discovered the microscopic remnants of paint on the surface of statues, so has DNA analysis shown that dinosaurs are more related to birds than lizards.  So, their surfaces and look must be re-imagined as well in the 21st century.


Way to go, Science - always making me rethink my understanding of the universe!