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why it is completely groundless to assert that
Archæopteryx is a transitional form just because of the
claws on its wings.
Neither do the teeth in Archæopteryx's beak imply
that it is a transitional form. Evolutionists make a purpose-
ful trickery by saying that these teeth are characteristic of rep-
The bird named tiles. However, teeth are not a typical characteristic of reptiles.
Confuciusornis is the Today, some reptiles have teeth while others do not. Moreover,
same age as
Archæopteryx is not the only bird species that has teeth. It is true
Archæopteryx
that birds with teeth do not exist today, but when we look at the fos-
sil record, we see that both in the same age as Archæopteryx and afterwards, and even
until fairly recently, a distinct bird genus existed that could be categorised as "birds with
teeth".
The most important point is that the teeth structure of Archæopteryx and other
birds with teeth are totally different from that of their alleged ancestors, the dinosaurs.
The famous ornithologists Martin, Steward, and Whetstone observed that Archæopteryx
and other birds with teeth have teeth with flat top surfaces and large roots. Yet the teeth
of theropod dinosaurs, the alleged ancestors of these birds, are protuberant like a saw
and have narrow roots. 34
The researchers also compared the wrist bones of Archæopteryx and their alleged
ancestors, the dinosaurs, and observed no similarity between them. 35
The studies of anatomists like Tarsitano, Hecht, and A.D. Walker revealed that some
"similarities" asserted to have existed between this creature and dinosaurs as put forward
by John Ostrom, a prominent authority who claims that Archæopteryx evolved from
dinosaurs, were in reality misinterpretations. 36
All these findings indicate that Archæopteryx was not a transitional link but only a
bird that fell into a category that can be called "birds with teeth".In brief, some particular
features of Archæopteryx do not indicate that this living thing is a transitional form!
Stephan Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge, two Harvard paleontologists and world-wide
famous evolutionists, accept that Archaeopteryx is a "mosaic" living thing housing vari-
ous features in its form, yet that it can never be regarded as a transitional form! 37

The Imaginary Bird-Dinosaur Link

The claim of evolutionists trying to present Archæopteryx as a transitional form is
that birds have evolved from dinosaurs. However, one of the most famous ornithologists
in the world, Alan Feducccia from the University of North Carolina, opposes the theory
that birds have a kinship with dinosaurs, despite the fact that he is an evolutionist him-

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