17-04-2020 15:41 via scitechdaily.com

13,000-Year-Old Fossils Hint at Evolutionary Origins of Insects’ Structural Colors

Analysis of 13,000-year-old fossils suggest photonic nanostructures in insects, which create colorful iridescent colors, may have originated as a means of camouflage. Researchers from Yale-NUS...
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