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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

retical construct, so that the internal structure of one is even more hypothetical.

The hype about feathered dinosaurs in the exhibit currently on display at the
National Geographic Society is even worse, and makes the spurious claim that
there is strong evidence that a wide variety of carnivorous dinosaurs had feath-
ers. A model of the undisputed dinosaur Deinonychus and illustrations of baby
tyrannosaurs are shown clad in feathers, all of which is simply imaginary and
has no place outside of science fiction.
Sincerely,

Storrs L. Olson
Curator of Birds

National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution 195
This fossil forgery indicates two important facts: First, people

seeking evidence for the theory of evolution can easily be taken in by
forgeries.
Second, certain scientific magazines, which have assumed the mis-
sion of imposing the theory of evolution on readers, completely disre-

gard the possibility that discoveries that they think they can use on
behalf of the theory of evolution may be wrongly or otherwise inter-
preted, and thus use them for propaganda purposes. In other words,
they behave dogmatically, not scientifically, and can easily make logical
concessions to defend the theory of evolution in which they believe so

strongly.
Another important aspect is that there is no evidence that birds
evolved from dinosaurs. Since no evidence can be found, forgeries are
made, or else the existing evidence is distorted and misinterpreted. In

fact, there is no evidence that birds could have evolved from a different
living class. On the contrary, all the evidence shows that birds appeared
suddenly on earth with all their individual bodily characteristics.

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