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Another opponent of the theory of evolution, the anatomist David
Menton, said this about the origin of birds during the course of an inter-
view:
There are really two theories—you can’t test either, of course. The arbo-
real theory and the cursorial theory. Each side is quite certain the other
side is dead wrong, of course. Evolutionist John Ostrom speculates that
feathers evolved from large scales on the forelimbs of dinosaurs and that
these long feathers, as they developed, were used to catch insects. Also,
they’re an incredibly complex structure to use just for this purpose. And
they would blow the insect out of the way. Birds couldn’t clap their
limbs together in front anyway—they just don’t have that kind of a
shoulder. There’s no slightest evidence for either theory, and the peo-
ple who take each view make that point. There are no examples of liv-
ing or fossil scales that even remotely resemble a feather. Archaeopteryx
has complete feathers like modern birds. 29
The proponents of both theories have made their claims without bas-
ing them on any valid foundation. The conclusion to be drawn is that
evolutionists cannot account for the origin of birds at all.
When it comes to the origin of birds, one most important point that
evolutionists ignore is the irreducible complexity of the wing. Wings can
function only when they possess all their perfect structures together:
Structures such as a partial or deficient wing would have no function in
terms of flight. In that case, the “gradual evolution” model, the major
mechanism that evolution theory suggests, signifies nothing. (For
details, see the section, “The Irreducible Complexity in Wings.”)

EVOLUTIONIST EFFORTS TO PRODUCE AN ALTERNATE
EXPLANATION
Another evolutionist biologist, Kenneth Dial of Montana University,
added a further speculative scenario to the interpretations already made.
Though his claim received wide coverage in the world press in October
2001, it totally lacked any scientific foundation.