Eosinopteryx feeding its (almost fully-grown) young.

The reason for the blue tit picture in the corner is because this was originally meant to be part of a series where I drew dinosaurs with the colours and features of birds they reminded me of. I lost interest in it though, and I was never good at getting round to colouring pictures in.

What did the last common ancestor of Velociraptor and modern birds look like? Anchiornithids might give us a clue. These small dinosaurs lived 160 million years ago and are known from incredible fossils, often complete with skin and feathers.