Page 11 - The Origin of Birds and Flight

he ability to fly has been mankind’s dream for thou-
sands of years, a goal toward which thousands of sci-
entists and researchers have expended labor, time
and money. Apart from a few very primitive experi-
ments, it became possible to make self-propelled flying vehicles
only in the 20th century. This feat, which mankind managed to
achieve with the accumulated technology of centuries, is some-
thing that birds—known to have existed on Earth for the last 150
million years—have always performed to perfection. Even a new-
born chick will soon acquire this special ability in a matter of
weeks, which humans can manage only through advanced tech-
nology. How, then, did these astonishing creatures come into
being?
Everyone who examines birds realizes that like other living
things, they possess perfect anatomical systems. This leads to the
inevitable conclusion that they are the products of flawless crea-
tion.
Yet proponents of the theory of evolution are reluctant to
admit this.
According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, every living spe-
cies evolved from a single common ancestor. This scenario means
that the 100 million or so known species must all be descended
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from earlier versions of one another. To account for the origin and
astounding variety of plants and animals, evolutionists propose
two mechanisms: natural selection and mutations. (For detailed
information, see Harun Yahya, The Evolution Deceit, United
Kingdom: Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. and Darwinism Refuted, New
Delhi: Goodword Books Pvt. Ltd. November 2002.)
Yet neither mechanism has the ability to give rise to any new
living thing. Mutations are random, typically harmful effects
caused by anomalies in the DNA and are directed towards no par-