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edged, but are arranged in rows like nails. There are two wide spaces
at the back of all dinosaur skulls. Birds do not have these. There is no
link between them at all, not even down to the finest detail. 151
All the scientific findings reveal that Archaeopteryx cannot have
been an intermediate form between dinosaurs and birds, and also inval-
idate evolutionist claims on the subject. Dr. Michael Denton comments
on why the Archaeopteryx is not an intermediate form and how evolu-
tionists have distorted some of the bird’s characteristics:
In Eichstátt, Germany, in 1984 there was a major meeting of scientists
who specialize in bird evolution, the International Archaeopteryx
Conference. They disagreed on just about anything that was covered
there on this creature, but there was very broad agreement on the belief
that Archaeopteryx was a true bird. . . Did that mean that really they
didn’t think it was a transitional pre-bird? . . . Well, it’s kind of interest-
ing that they found it necessary to draft the following statement. . . So
you can see they were acutely aware that their deliberations might lead
some to wonder whether, in fact, Archaeopteryx had anything to say
about evolution, so they all did sign this. If, of course, it’s a true bird, it
is not the half-way, half-reptile, half-bird like we've often heard. 152
In short, the thesis of bird evolution is not consistent with biologi-
cal or paleontological evidence, but is a fictitious, unrealistic claim stem-
ming from Darwinist preconceptions. The subject of bird evolution,
which some experts speak of as if it were scientific fact, is a myth kept
alive for philosophical reasons. The truth revealed by science is that the
flawless creation in birds is the work of an infinite wisdom—that they
were created by Almighty Allah.