The ancient armor of fish—scales—provide clues to hair, feather development
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 04:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When sea creatures first began crawling and slithering onto land about 385 million years ago, they carried with them their body armor: scales. Fossil evidence shows that the earliest land animals retained scales as a protective feature as they evolved to flourish on terra firma.