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THE COLLAPSE OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN 20 QUESTIONS

large number of other wrist elements which have no homol-
ogy to the bones of Archaeopteryx. In addition, in almost all
theropods, nerve V1 exits the braincase out the side, along

with several other nerves, whereas in birds, it exits out the
front of the braincase, though its own hole. There is also the
minor problem that the vast majority of the theropods ap-
peared after the appearance of Archaeopteryx. 38

These facts once more indicate for certain that neither
Archaeopteryx nor other ancient birds similar to it were transi-

tional forms. The fossils do not indicate that different bird
species evolved from each other. On the contrary, the fossil
record proves that today's modern birds and some archaic birds
such as Archaeopteryx actually lived together at the same time. It
is true that some of these bird species, such as Archaeopteryx and

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Confuciusornis, have become extinct, but the fact that only some
of the species that once existed have been able to survive down
to the present day does not in itself support the theory of evolution.

Latest Evidence: Ostrich Study Refutes

The Dino-Bird Story
The latest blow to the "birds evolved from dinosaurs" the-
ory came from a study made on the embryology of ostriches.

Drs. Alan Feduccia and Julie Nowicki of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill studied a series of live ostrich
eggs and, once again, concluded that, there cannot be an evolu-

tionary link between birds and dinosaurs. EurekAlert, a scien-
tific portal held by the American Association for the The
Advancement of Science (AAAS), reports the following:

Drs. Alan Feduccia and Julie Nowicki of the University of