[PatrickHenry]

Evolution Ping The List-O-Links

A conservative, pro-evolution science list, now with over 350 names. See the list's explanation, then FReepmail to be added or dropped. To assist beginners: But it's "just a theory", Evo-Troll's Toolkit, and How to argue against a scientific theory.

[longshadow]

"Now we have a little dinosaur that belongs to coelurosaurs that does not show feathers. This is a problem."

Maybe it died from a disease that made its feathers fall out; or maybe it died after moulting. Hard to draw firm conclusions based on a single data point.

[VadeRetro]

It's not terribly shattering if there was a coelurosaur with no feathers. Not all of the traits that define a group have to appear at the same time. Traits can disappear. There's a mammal called a pangolin that has scales all over its body. Is that a problem for evolution or an atavism that points to a reptilian origin for mammals?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!