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Harun Yahya

dizing. This melodramatic assertion had already been disproven by recent studies of embryology and com-
parative morphology, which, of course, are never mentioned.

More importantly, however, none of the structures illustrated in Sloan's article that are claimed to be feathers

have actually been proven to be feathers. Saying that they are is little more than wishful thinking that has
been presented as fact. The statement on page 103 that "hollow, hairlike structures characterize protofeathers"
is nonsense considering that protofeathers exist only as a theoretical 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 di-
nosaurs had feathers. A model of the undisputed dinosaur Deinonychus and illustrations of baby tyran-
nosaurs 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 113

This revealing case demonstrates two important facts. First, there are people who have no qualms about

resorting to forgery in an effort to find evidence for the theory of evolution. Second, some highly reputable
popular science journals, which have assumed the mission of imposing the theory of evolution on people,
are perfectly willing to disregard any facts that may be inconvenient or have alternative interpretations. That
is, they have become little more than propaganda tools for propagating the theory of evolution. They take
not a scientific, but a dogmatic, stance and knowingly compromise science to defend the theory of evolution
to which they are so strongly devoted.

Another important aspect of the matter is that there is no evidence for the thesis that birds evolved from
dinosaurs. Because of the lack of evidence, either fake evidence is produced, or actual evidence is misinter-

National Geographic's great hit,
the "dino-bird." Archaeoraptor
F FALSE soon turned out to be a hoax.
ALSE

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