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Archaeopteryx
drawing and fossil
feature to invalidate the thesis that
Caudipteryx might have been the ancestor to
the birds is its age. Caudipteryx, which Phil Currie attempts to portray
as a transitional species, is some 120 million years old. Archaeopteryx,
the oldest known bird, is 30 million years older than that. The 150-
million-year old bird Archaeopteryx is solid evidence that Caudipteryx
was not an intermediate species. Archaeopteryx lived long before
Caudipteryx and was able to fly perfectly, just like modern birds.
The dino-bird theory actually constitutes a rather superficial
propaganda tool, which is why even some evolutionist scientists re-
ject it. In an article in New Scientist, the famous ornithologist Alan
Feduccia sets out the anatomical differences between birds and di-
nosaurs and states that from the paleontological point of view the
theory is a disgrace:
Well, I've studied bird skulls for 25 years and I don't see any similar-
ities whatsoever. I just don't see it... The theropod [a bipedal, meat-
eating dinosaur] origins of birds, in my opinion, will be the greatest
embarrassment of paleontology of the 20th century. 1
Another ornithologist, Larry Martin,
Caudipteryx draw-
ing and fossil
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