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cepted as a semi-reptile-looks very much like a
bird living today. This fact has invalidated all
the evolutionist theses claiming Archæopteryx to
be the primitive ancestor of all birds. 51
Another fossil unearthed in China, caused
even greater confusion. In November 1996, the
existence of a 130-million-year-old bird named
Liaoningornis was announced in Science by L.
Hou, L. D. Martin, and Alan Feduccia.
Liaoningornis had a breastbone to which the
Prof. Alan Feduccia
muscles for flight were attached, just as in
today’s birds. This bird was indistinguishable
from present-day birds also in other respects, too. The only difference was
the teeth in its mouth. This showed that birds with teeth did not possess
the primitive structure alleged by evolutionists. This was stated in an ar-
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ticle in Discover "Whence came the birds? This fossil suggests that it was
not from dinosaur stock". 53
Another fossil that refuted the evolutionist claims regarding
Archæopteryx was Eoalulavis. The wing structure of Eoalulavis, which was
said to be some 25 to 30 million years younger than Archæopteryx, was also
observed in today’s slow-flying birds. This proved that 120 million years
ago, there were birds indistinguishable from birds of today in many re-
spects flying in the skies. 54
These facts once more indicate for certain that neither Archæopteryx
nor other ancient birds similar to it were transitional forms. The fossils do
not indicate that different bird species evolved from each other. On the
contrary, the fossil record proves that today's birds and some archaic birds
such as Archæopteryx actually lived together at the same time. Some of
these bird species, such as Archæopteryx and Confuciusornis, have become
extinct, and only some of the species that once existed have been able to
survive down to the present day.
In brief, several features of Archæopteryx indicate that this creature
was not a transitional form. The overall anatomy of Archæopteryx imply
stasis, not evolution. Paleontologist Robert Carroll has to admit that:
The geometry of the flight feathers of Archæopteryx is identical with that of
modern flying birds, whereas nonflying birds have symmetrical feathers.