"Well , here 's another quote from Allan Feduucia : `` Feathers are unique to birds , and no known structure intermediate between scales and feathers has been identified. `` ( J. Alan Feduccia , The Age of Birds , Harvard University Press , 1980 , pg . 52 )"
"Yippie doo ! A 23 year old quote from an ornithologist defending his point of view . And his point of view has ( or had ) merit . But since then , several feathered dinosaurs ( not birds ) have been found . It has also been shown that the difference between a scale and a feather may be no more than a single point mutation . ( You do know what I 'm talking about , do n't you Calli ? You do know what a `` point mutation `` is , do n't you ? ) Bottom line is that there may be no intermediate between scales and feathers . A single point mutation produces feathers from scales . Various kinds of feathers require only further mutation ."
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"there may be no intermediate between scales and feathers . A single point mutation produces feathers from scales ."