Page 113 - The Transitional Form Dilemma

served, and it was even established
which species of bird the feather be-
longed to. Despite this discovery of a
feather dating back 165 million years, there
is still no evidence in the fossil record of feathers’
alleged evolution. As one Columbia University biolo-
gist put it, “ . . . we lack completely fossils of all intermediate
stages between reptilian scales and the most primitive
feather.” 81 A great many bird fossils have been found in the
fossil record, all with perfect feathers. For that reason, the
origin of feathers represents a major question mark for
Darwinists. 82

Left, a 90- to 95-million-year-old bird feather in amber.
Below left, a 120-million-year-old feathered bird fossil,
with a bird feather of the same age to its right.