Birds have scaly feet and lay amniotic eggs. This supports the idea that:

a. reptiles evolved from amphibians.
b. birds are the only creatures to ever have feathers.
c. birds are endothermic.
d. birds evolved from reptiles.
e. None of the above.


Ans: d. birds evolved from reptiles.

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