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self. Feduccia says on the subject:
Well, I've studied bird skulls for 25 years and I don't see any similarities whatsoever.
I just don't see it... The theropod origins of birds, in my opinion, will be the greatest
embarrassment of paleontology of the 20th century. 38
Larry Martin, a specialist on ancient birds from the University of Kansas, opposes the
theory that birds come from the same lineage as dinosaurs. While discussing the contra-
diction evolution falls into on the subject, Martin states:
To tell you the truth, if I had to support the dinosaur origin of birds with those char-
acters, I'd be embarrassed every time I had to get up and talk about it. 39
To sum up, the scenario of the "evolution of birds" erected solely on the basis of
Archæopteryx, is nothing more than a product of the prejudices and wishful thinking of
evolutionists.

The Origin of Mammals
As we have stated before, the theory of evolution proposes that some imaginary crea-
tures that came out of the sea transformed into reptiles and that birds formed by the evo-
lution of reptiles. According to the same scenario, reptiles are the ancestors not only of
birds but also of mammals. However, there are big structural gaps between reptiles,
which have scales on their bodies, which are cold-blooded, and which reproduce by lay-
ing eggs on the one hand and on the other, mammals, which have fur on their bodies,
which are warm-blooded, and which reproduce by giving birth to their offspring alive.
An example of the structural barriers between reptiles and mammals is their jaw
structure. Mammals' mandibles consist of only one mandibular bone and the teeth are
placed on this bone. In reptiles, there are three little bones on both sides of the mandible.
Another basic difference is that all mammals have three bones in their middle ear (ham-
mer, anvil, and stirrup). In all reptiles, there is a single bone in the middle ear.
Evolutionists claim that the reptile jaw and reptile middle ear evolved gradually into the
mammal jaw and ear. Yet the question of how this change occurred remains unanswered.
In particular, the question of how an ear with a single bone evolved into an ear with three
bones and how the process of hearing kept on functioning in the meanwhile can never be
explained. Not surprisingly, not a single fossil to link reptiles and mammals is to be
found. This is why evolutionist paleontologist Roger Lewin was forced to say that "the
transition to the first mammal, which probably happened in just one or, at most, two
lineages, is still an enigma". 40
George Gaylord Simpson, one of the biggest evolutionary authorities and founders of
the neo-Darwinist theory makes the following comment on this fact that is quite per-

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