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[I don't really think you are curious about the stages of the evolution of the avian wing. We could discuss intermediates like archaeopteryx, or the different stages of feathers found with theropod dinosaur fossils, or the fact that birds produce both scales and feathers just like their theropod ancestors did, but you really wouldn't care... would you?]

As I am only remotely interested in the birds, I am very interested in the evolution of flying insects. Did these creatures also evolve from a dinosaur?

Heaven-Sent, Christian Forums 38 Comments [7/29/2012 6:52:54 PM]
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#1429341

John

Did these creatures (insects) also evolve from a dinosaur?

No. Insects are the only animals that have true wings (separate appendages, as opposed to ordinary fins, arms or legs modified for flight). Birds don't have true wings. Try some hot Buffalo wings with an ice cold Corona for a lunch-time anatomy lesson: birds have arms with a humerus (the "drumette") and an ulna and radius bone (the "winglet" or "flat") just like humans. They've been modified by evolution to have long feathers growing out of the backs of them.

7/30/2012 8:24:41 AM

#1429379

Berny

These people really try hard staying mind-numbingly ignorant.

7/30/2012 9:23:00 AM

#1429382

nazani14

http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/origin-of-insect-wings.html

7/30/2012 9:27:50 AM

#1429389

rw23

Heaven-Sent is really racking them up today! Maybe s/he's in a competition to beat Carico and SuperSport at their own game.

7/30/2012 10:00:38 AM

#1429398

Darwin

When I opened this thread the IQ of my entire neighbourhood dropped.

7/30/2012 11:07:09 AM

#1429464

Brakeman

Heaven-Sent, don't worry your pretty head about it. Just leave the sciencey stuff to those with a full frontal lobe.

7/30/2012 4:29:44 PM

#1429466

whatever

"I am very interested in the evolution of flying insects. Did these creatures also evolve from a dinosaur?"

Yes. As far as I can remember it happened on a Thursday.

7/30/2012 4:41:01 PM

#1429475

Karana

*facepalm* No.Just no. Not every flying thing had to evolve from a dinosaur. Ugh.

7/30/2012 5:31:03 PM

#1429502

Osiris

I'm sorry your goal posts are in another reality.

7/30/2012 8:09:26 PM

#1429509

Apatheist

We are not to blame for your unending stupidity.

7/30/2012 8:56:15 PM

#1429512

Philbert McAdamia

@ Lucilius
Don't forget Bugs Bunny.

7/30/2012 9:19:33 PM

#1430723

tranz2deep

"What's up, doc; what's cookin'?
Hey, look out--STOP!
You're gonna hurt someone,
with that ol' shotgun:
Ehhhh, what's up, Doc? (I really mean it!)"--Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, sung in the Mel Blanc classic (naturally) titled "What's up, Doc?"

8/3/2012 1:35:55 PM

#1430804

Alethe

Aba... eh?

Seriously, it takes real effort to that willfully ignorant. I mean, Archaeopteryx and theropods WERE fucking dinos.

8/3/2012 8:27:17 PM

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