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can perform, let alone unconscious mechanisms such as natural selection
and mutations. Even if there were no evidence to disprove evolution, the
use of reason and logic alone has countless times shown the theory to be
invalid. Anyone whose intellect is not shrouded with prejudice will real-
ize that a bird’s features could not have emerged of their own accord, but
are the work of a Creator possessed of a superior mind and knowledge.
The wisdom that brought them into being belongs to Allah, Lord of all
in heaven and Earth.

Teeth
Birds have beaks rather than teeth, one of the distinguishing fea-
tures between them and reptiles. However, some birds that lived in the
past did have toothed beaks. This was long presented as evidence of ev-
olution, but it was gradually realized that bird teeth have a most unique
structure.
Feduccia has this to say:
Perhaps the most impressive difference between theropods and birds
concerns the structure of teeth and the nature of their implantation. . .
It is astounding that more attention has not been given to the dramat-
ic differences between bird and theropod teeth, especially when one
considers that the basis of mammal paleontology involves largely tooth
morphology. . . . To be brief, bird teeth (as seen in Archaeopteryx,

Hesperornis, Parahesperornis, Ichthyornis, Cathayornis, and all toothed
Mesozoic birds) are remarkably similar and are unlike those of thero-
pods . . . There is essentially no shared, derived relationship of any
aspect of tooth morphology between birds and theropods, including
tooth form, implantation, or replacement. 103
David Williamson of North Carolina at Chapell Hill makes the fol-
lowing statements in an article titled “Scientist says ostrich study con-
firms bird hands unlike those of dinosaurs” published on 14 August,
2002:
If one views a chicken skeleton and a dinosaur skeleton through binoc-
ulars, they appear similar, but close and detailed examination reveals