Re: soggy "down" maladaptive?

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/27/01 1:10:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ornstn@home.com 
writes:

> For one thing, I do not see its relevance.  Whatever else the structures on 
>  Sinosauropteryx, the new critter etc are, they are certainly not "down" in 
>  the neornithine sense - ie a plumulaceous puff arising from a common 
>  base.  

Actually, that structure is claimed for some of the fibers on the new 
specimen, though not for _Sinosauropteryx_.

--Nick P.