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HARUN YAHYA
documentary about dinosaurs was broadcast on
The Discovery Channel in January 2003. Most of
the film was devoted to the way dinosaurs lived.
Various dinosaur fossils were presented, and spec-
A ulations advanced regarding their feeding habits
and whether they were carnivorous. In the light of major fossil dis-
coveries, particularly on the continents of Asia and America, the pro-
gram tried to establish the migratory routes that these giant creatures
might have followed.
The last 10 minutes of the film consisted of an introduction to the
matter of "feathered dinosaurs," so frequently alluded to in evolution-
ist propaganda. It was maintained that feathers had been found on
one fossil, called Caudipteryx, and that this fossil represented an inter-
mediate form in the so-called evolution of birds.
The claims made on The Discovery Channel about the fossils are
unfounded. The dino-bird theory, based on two fossils, flies in the face
of the scientific facts. A wider consideration of the scientific findings
that totally undermine the dino-bird theory can be found at our web-
site www.darwinismrefuted.com.
The first of the two fossils given in the film is Sinosauropteryx.
When this fossil was first found, in 1996, it was claimed that it had
structures similar to feathers. However, later detailed analysis in 1997
revealed that these structures had nothing at all to do with feathers.
The evolutionists therefore abandoned their claims that the creature
had been feathered.
The second species alleged in the documentary to have been feath-
ered is Caudipteryx. Evolutionists are unanimous that Caudipteryx
lacked the power of
flight. The creature
had short arms and long
legs, and possessed an anatomy
far better suited to running. The main
Sinosauropteryx
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