Dinosaurs rediscovered. The scientific revolution in paleontology / Переоткрытие динозавров. Научная революция в палеонтологии

Melanosomes are the tiny hollows inside hairs or feathers that contain melanin. Melanin is a pigment that gives the black, brown, grey, and ginger colours to hairs and feathers. We were the first ever – or at least the first on record – to have seen evidence of melanosomes in dinosaurs. If we had got it right, this was evidence of the original colour of their feathers. We could say that for the first time we had discovered for sure the colour of a dinosaur.
We were torn by emotions at this point. Our first desire was to rush out and tell the world – call the press and shout from the rooftops! On the other hand, as scientists, we are trained to be careful, and we wouldn’t want to look foolish by making such a wild claim if the evidence wasn’t there. There’s also a whole process behind publishing science, the so-called peerreview process, which ensures you present all your evidence, in detail, and sufficient to pass scrutiny of two or three independent colleagues. <...>