Hair & feathers evolved from reptile scales

Hair & feathers evolved from reptile scales

You can thank a distant reptilian ancestor for your luscious locks. Belinda Smith reports.

Revisiting the question of reptile evolution

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Feathers, Hair or Scales: Not Much Difference

Hairs, feathers and scales have a lot in common

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Getting to the root of scales, feather and hair: As deep as odontodes? - Dhouailly - 2019 - Experimental Dermatology - Wiley Online Library

Feathers, hair, and scales: Do they share a common ancestry?

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Patterning: Fishing for ancestry

A new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hair, feather, and avian scales - Dhouailly - 2009 - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library

Reptile Scales Gave Rise to the Hair on Your Head