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Contrary to what Darwinists claim, Archaeopteryx is

not a transitional form, but a perfect bird whose skele-
ton and feather structure make it ideally suited to flight.

had lived in the past and even in some that were still
alive today. The pro-Darwinist journal Science open-
ly stated this fact:

Archaeopteryx probably cannot tell us much about
the early origins of feathers and flight in true protobirds

because Archaeopteryx was, in a modern sense, a bird. 30
Archaeopteryx is a mosaic life form containing characteristics from different species. Mosaic forms in-

terest scientists with their complex structures and are described as living things harboring features be-
longing to various species. The deception that Darwinists perpetrated regarding Archaeopteryx stems
from the fact that the fossil belongs to a mosaic form. The fact is, however, that like all the life forms in
existence today, mosaic organisms are complex examples of creation. The French biophysicist Pierre

Lecomte du Nouy makes this admission on the subject:

We are not even authorized to consider the exceptional case of the Archaeopteryx as a true link. By link, we
mean a necessary stage of transition between classes such as reptiles and birds, or between smaller groups.
An animal displaying characters belonging to two different groups cannot be treated as a true link as long

as the intermediary stages have not been found, and as long as the mechanisms of transition remain un-
known. 31

Many Darwinist circles have actually made that admission. Two of the 20 th Century’s best known
Darwinists, Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge, who were responsible for the punctuated evolution
deception, also agree that Archaeopteryx cannot be regarded as a transitional form. 32 Jonathan Wells ad-
mits the fact that the fossil does not constitute evidence for evolution, and that scientific circles have

agreed on this when he said, “The world’s most beautiful fossil, the specimen Ernst Mayr called ‘the al-
most perfect link between reptiles and birds,’ has been quietly shelved, and the search for missing links
continues as though Archaeopteryx had never been found.” 33 But the interesting thing is that although

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