Page 101 - Darwinism Refuted

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Bird Feathers and Reptile Scales
Another impassable gulf between birds and reptiles is feathers,
which are peculiar to birds. Reptile bodies are covered with scales, and
those of birds with feathers. The hypothesis that bird feathers evolved
from reptile scales is completely unfounded, and is indeed disproved by
the fossil record, as the evolutionary paleontologist Barbara Stahl admits:
How [feathers] arose initially, presumably from reptiles scales, defies
analysis... It seems, from the complex construction of feathers, that their
evolution from reptilian scales would have required an immense period of
time and involved a series of intermediate structures. So far, the fossil
record does not bear out that supposition. 116
A. H. Brush, a professor of physiology and neurobiology at the
University of Connecticut, accepts this reality, although he is himself an
evolutionist: "Every feature from gene structure and organization, to
development, morphogenesis and tissue organization is different [in
feathers and scales]." 117 Moreover, Professor Brush examines the protein
structure of bird feathers and argues that it is "unique among
vertebrates." 118
There is no fossil evidence to prove that bird
feathers evolved from reptile scales. On the
contrary, feathers appear suddenly in the
fossil record, Professor Brush observes, as
an "undeniably unique" character
distinguishing birds. 119 Besides, in reptiles,
no epidermal tissue has yet been detected
that provides a starting point for bird
feathers. 120

REPTILE SCALES
The scales that cover reptiles' bodies are totally different
from bird feathers. Unlike feathers, scales do not extend
under the skin, but are merely a hard layer on the surface
of the animal's body. Genetically, biochemically and
anatomically, scales bear no resemblance to feathers. This
great difference between the two again shows that the
scenario of evolution from reptiles to birds is unfounded.

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