Re: arms into wings

["Norton, Patrick" <Patrick.Norton@state.me.us>]

Tom Holtz said:

<The "chasing a dragonfly" model is about as dead as _Archaeopteryx_.  No   
one I know of considers that a likely life habit: heck, even Ostrom was   
only
partly serious when proposing it.>

I never bought the insect chasing model either, and I've said as much   
before on this list. I merely used it to illustrate a point. Substitute   
more substantial prey if you prefer, but the point still holds; that once   
selection for aerodynamic performance began it must have compromised the   
previous function of the arm and hand, which presumably was prey capture.