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Tag: scales

Paleontology IconPaleontology
Günter Bechly
May 26, 2023, 6:48 AM

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes.

Paleontology IconPaleontology
Günter Bechly
December 8, 2022, 4:49 PM

Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin.

Paleontology IconPaleontology
Günter Bechly
June 24, 2022, 11:24 AM

Fossil Friday: New Kind of Silverfish Trapped in Sticky Resin

These incongruent or homoplastic characters are a notorious problem for phylogenetics and contradict the evolutionary prediction of a nested hierarchy.

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Evolution News
October 17, 2021, 5:13 PM

Listen: Scale-to-Feather Evolution Doesn’t Fly

Giberson and Collins point to the feather as a prime example of a novel feature arising via blind evolution.

Geoffrey Simmons
August 23, 2018, 12:25 PM

Doctor’s Diary: Porcupine Quills and Other Examples of Nature’s Foresight

A newborn porcupine passes through its mother’s birth canal without causing her any injuries. How?

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