ARCHAEOPTERYX HAD BLACK FEATHERS, according to reports in ScienceDaily 24 January 2012 and ABC News in Science 25 January 2012 and Nature Communications, 2012; 3: 637 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1642. An international team of scientists has carried out a detailed study of an Archaeopteryx feather, and have found fossilised melanosomes, microscopic pigment-containing granules, in the feather. .... The research team examined an Archaeopteryx feather with an electron microscope and carefully measured the size and shape of the melanosomes. They then compared them with melanosomes in 87 species of living birds of various colours, and claimed they were 95 percent certain Archaeopteryx had black feathers. The scientists also used the microscope to study the fine structure of the feather and found the barbules and melanosomes within them were arranged in an identical fashion to living birds. Barbules are the tiny interlocking projections on the barbs of a feather that give it strength, especially during flight.
Hmm. No surprise seeing that archaeopteryx - the 'fossil half bird' is actually still alive today. The Central American Hoatsin is the spitting image of archaeopteryx. Fossilise one and guess what you'd get!
As is usual with 'evolutionary science' - they have jumped to conclusions; included them in teaching in schools and universities; have refused to backtrack; have defended the indefensible and finally - the truth pops out.
This template is the norm! Such things have happened sooo many times ...
