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birds, as manifested by Archaeopteryx, and then this highly progressive
lineage then went into a state of evolutionary stasis and persisted
unchanged in essential characters for millions of years? Or are actual
ancestors far more basal in morphology and harder to classify? If the
latter, then why insist that the problem is now solved? 4
The cladistic method is actually a covert admission that the fossil
record contradicts the theory of evolution. To summarize:
1) Darwin predicted that detailed examination of the fossil record
would yield intermediate forms to fill the gaps between all the known
species. This was the expectation of the theory.
2) However, 150 years of paleontological endeavor have revealed
no intermediate forms. No trace of such creatures has ever been found.
3) Just as there are no intermediate forms, the ages of the creatures
claimed to be one another’s ancestors, solely on the basis of similarities,
is also inconsistent. A species that appears to be more primitive should
not be younger than another species that appears more advanced.
This final objection obliged evolutionists to develop the inconsist-
ent method known as cladistics.
With cladistics, Darwinism loses its scientific mask and becomes a
dogma that distorts scientific findings in line with its own preconcep-
tions.

1. David Williamson, “Scientist says ostrich study confirms bird ‘hands’ unlike those of dinosaurs,”
UNC News, No. 425, 14 August 2002, www.unc.edu/news/newsserv; David Williamson; Scientist
Says Ostrich Study Confirms Bird ‘Hands’ Unlike Those Of Dinosaurs,” EurekAlert, 14 August 2002,
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-08/uonc-sso081402.php
2. Alan Feduccia, “Plucking Apart the Dino-Birds,” Discover, Vol. 24, No. 2, February 2003.
3. Case of the Flying Dinosaur, NOVA, Boston Video, 1991.
4. Peter Dodson, “Response by Peter Dodson,” American Paleontologist, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2001, pp.
13-14.