I remember learning about hair growth compared to scale and claw growth. I had already assumed (without knowing that it wasn't checked out yet-and I didn't know that I could have been assuming incorrectly) that the keratin was very similar, if not the same as human hair keratin in some species with scales and claws.
The rhino horn is hair too. Keratin is really cool.
I guess I'm not at all surprised by this. It's like just stating the obvious. So many traits on humans are very close to other non-mammalian traits. And some people think evolution is such a far-fetched notion. When you get right down to the genetics when examining traits like skin, hair, organs, eyes, and what they are made up of etc., then you just realize how it is very NOT far-fetched. It is just common sense. Darwin was lucky enough to learn about biolgoy in depth, and put it all together before others got the chance to publish.
Evolution would have been presented long before it actually was if certain peoples didn't work to suppress the information. And yeah, I usually hate conspiracies, but this one is so well documented. Darwin's work expanded on much of the knowledge in existence because he was building on what was already discovered. His travels and discoveries solidified and expanded upon the "theory". You can see the wrath directed at him by some people still, and that is why most who came before him didn't publish. They knew that would happen
At least these scientists can now just report on their findings as soon as they come to some conclusions. People who don't want to learn can just ignore it and continue on calling it "devilution". It's really sad that a lot of people prefer to miss out on this amazing information. I know, some find it boring, but I'm enthralled.
I just wish understanding outer space was this easy to me. You can't put most of what is out there under a microscope, so to speak, yet though.
