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that that the surface of the teeth of Arc- ced in Science magazine the discovery
haeopteryx and other toothed birds were of a 130-million-year-old fossil called
straight and had wide roots. However, Liaoningornis. It had a breastbone to
the teeth of theropod dinosaurs—the which the flying muscles were attached,
supposed ancestors of birds—had serra- as in modern birds. And in other ways
ted teeth and have straight roots. 39 too, this creature was no different from
-Some recently discovered fossils modern birds. The only difference was
show in a different way that the evolu- that it had teeth—which indicated, con-
tionist scenario invented for Archaeop- trary to the evolutionist claims, that teeth
teryx is untenable. in birds did not constitute a primitive
In 1995, Lianhai Hou and Zhonghe characteristic. 41
Zhou of the Vertebrate Paleontology Ins- Accordingly, Alan Feduccia wrote in
titute in China discovered a new fossil Discovery magazine that Liaoningornis
that they called Confuciusornis. It is the invalidates the claim that birds evolved
same age as Archaeopteryx (about 140 from dinosaurs. 42 Eoalulavis is another
million years old) and has no teeth. Its fossil that has invalidated evolutionist
beak and feathers and skeleton are the claims about Archaeopteryx. At 120 mil-
same as those of modern birds. And, like lion years old, it is 30 million years yo-
Archaeopteryx, it had claws on its unger than Archaeopteryx,
wings, as well as a feature called a but its wing structure is
pygostyle that supported its tail feathers. the same, and it still
In short, this seen in some mo-
creature is the dern species of
same age as Arc- birds. This proves
haeopteryx, the that 120 million years
supposed ancestor ago, creatu-
of all modern res no diffe-
birds. But it was rent from pre-
itself very much sent-day birds flew
like modern birds. This through the air. 43
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all birds. 40 came from a fossil found in China
Another fossil found in China in in the year 2000. Named Longisquama,
1996 caused even more of a stir. L. Hou, it was the fossil of a bird that lived in
L. D. Martin and Alan Feduccia announ- Central Asia 220 million years ago. The
Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)