Re: Skin - Orenstein

[Crpntr@ix.netcom.com (Kenneth Carpenter)]

Ron Orenstein wrote:

>
>But even this won't do at the level of fossils, of course, because (a) 
hair
>generally does not fossilize so we have no idea if all fossil mammals 
had
>it,


It is true that we don't have a good record of mammalian hair, but hair 
is known for many of the mammals from the Eocene Messel Quarry of 
Germany.  There is a book about this quarry, with many illustrations 
showing hair.