Angel and Insect Wings

Well, when in doubt about creating a certain adaptation or stucture, unless it gives them severe physical issues, have 'Mating Displays' be the reason it exists. A way to showoff that X creature is tougher and more powerful, and therefore able to produce offspring that is more likely to survive. Ok, we have the How and the Why. Now to decide how they become used for flight and what appearance they will take, Will they be used to showcase how high X can jump? Will they be useful in catching prey?

What will they look like? Fully fused, Feathered and bird-like? Made of a thin membrane like a bats? Now other things to consider with this approach: If they are bipedal, then there likewise needs to be a reason to which bipedalism is necessary and practical. Lots of little things if you want to get hugely in depth about it that are mainly covered by the topics above. Most of this came from my own exploration into the topic of 'humanoid beings with wings' but there are likely other possible answers as well.

One of the few ways I can see an Angel-like creature starting to appear, is in a type of polynesian archipelago with lots of vulcanic features as well as hard to traverse terrain on the islands. At first the proto-angels that evolve will start using simple tools. If most of the islands lack treewood capable of sustaining good boats, for example because the wood is heavier than water not sure if possible in that climate , then a large portion would need to swim to colonize other islands and perhaps survive off the fish and sea-fruit they eat there.

Recently scientists discovered that mankind is still evolving, with one "species" of human living so exclusively in shallow waters that they have trouble walking on land and adapt to the water well with genetic mutations that support their lifestyle. This evolution isn't unheard of, as Dolphins and Whales are thought to have been land mammals that returned to the water. Now take this evolution further: They will retain their arms and hands to keep using the simple tools they have access to, but need to develop easier ways to swim. They won't just evolve flaps between their fingers, but their shoulderblades could create extrusions to form a crude type of fins, which will later evolve to have musculature for easier steering in water and the basics of "flight" under water like Pinguins who "fly" under water.

These fins would become the precursor to wings. As the evolution goes on and more and more of the islands in the area become inhabited, some of these proto-angels will need to start moving inland for food and sustenance. Whether it be predators they try to escape from by climbing trees ASAP or having to scale and jump across dangerous terrain, those fins could start to evolve to support jumping into the tree's and over the terrain, evolving the proto-angels to create a lighter skeleton and more musculature for their proto-wings.

Because they are still tool-using creatures and the islands will eventually start evolving wildlife and plantlife that is suitable for intelligent life to start using, intelligence will start becoming a larger part and their arms will also start evolving, without devolving the wings necessary to remain capable across the islands. In fact, the first truly flying angels would be able to scout out islands, settle them and benefit from any foodsources far better than any other proto-angel that came before.

The intelligence could also be the defense mechanism to the predators that stalk the thinner and lighter skeleton Angels. This could be the method to Angel evolution. Birds have wings that are attached to the torso with truly massive muscles compared to the rest of the bird. These wings would need to use a kinematic chain similar to humans do when jumping. This kinematic chain would connect the arm musculature to the wings and allow strength from the chest muscles to be passed through to the wings.

This would mean that the arms would have a lower movement range to compensate. Materials wise, the Angel is likely in need of some special stuff. Besides a bird-based lung system and a ridgid chest, it would need some special stuff to keep light and strong. For example, by making all ligaments spidersilk-based you can reduce the amount required and thus the mass, and bones would need to be some carbon-enhanced material such as incorporating Carbon Nanotubes into the normal bones for extra lightweight strength.

Spidersilk based products might also be the option for the surface area of the wings, if you like the feather aestetic the feathers themselves could use spidersilk to remain light, thin and still strong. Considering that a canonical angel of most religions is not as much a winged human as an energy being capable of manifesting to human witnesses, the issue of their anatomy and physiology becomes a moot point. I would propose that what human eye perceives as wings could be the two overlapping cocoon-like energy fields with a humanoid silhouette in the middle, thus, an illusion of a winged human.

As far as evolution of such beings, it's up to the author, since we're talking about creatures evolved far beyond their material body. By clicking "Post Your Answer", you acknowledge that you have read our updated terms of service , privacy policy and cookie policy , and that your continued use of the website is subject to these policies. Home Questions Tags Users Unanswered. Anatomically Correct Angels Ask Question.

A list of all of the Anatomically Correct questions can be found here: I think a lot of the arguments against a griffin evolving will apply here. How and why would a primate evolve an extra pair of limbs wings and how would their body support the reduction in bone density and increase in muscle mass? If you want believable evolution, you have to always keep in mind that evolution is incremental. A species doesn't just suddenly sprout wings; each step toward those somewhat fully developed wings must, in itself , provide an advantage or at the very least not a disadvantage to the individual, in terms of ability to produce offspring.

If you can come up with a way to explain that, then and only then in biology you can explain nearly any crazy end state that you can think of. IIRC the currently established theory is that wings started out helping with jumping; flying came much later. And of course, the offspring must itself survive long enough to reach reproductive age, and reproduce. It's no use producing a lot of offspring if they all die at an early age. Wings were also very useful for keeping eggs warm in smaller animals which couldn't do the job just by sitting on them.

Of course, there are still the big problems with six-limbed animals and feathered mammals and large flying things. You could pretty much just copy-paste my griffon answer, find and replace griffon with angel, and have a good answer. I like the Diablo 2 video game version of an angel.

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The things on the back of the angel are not wings at all, people drew them as wings in ancient pictures, maybe because they didn't have another thing to associate to it, but the real things were something more practical not less fantastical. A - Skeletal Structure You are going to need a very very very light skeleton. B - Wings If you examine any flying creature you will find out that their width is greater than their length. D - Flight Posture How are your flying humans going to look like, in mid-flight? Also note that, for horizontal body posture, the wings must attach just above the pelvis, not at the shoulder blades.

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