Re: origin of feathers

["John V Jackson" <jjackson@interalpha.co.uk>]

-----Original Message-----From: Earl Wood Date: 11 April 1998 08:12



>        Would someone like to speculate on the possibility that pre
>feathers were brought
>about by the need to modify the skin in order to prevent serious sun
>burn from the sun
>or some other source of radiation which was probably very prevalent at
>different periods
>of time.  $0.02  worth.
>         Earl


I would imagine early birds would have no greater need for this than their
immediate predecessors, who presumably had the "standard" "reptilian"
integument.

John V Jackson    jjackson@interalpha.co.uk