Archaeopteryx
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| Archaeopteryx |
Among our many thousands of birds of the world, there is amazing variation. Some birds are tiny (like hummingbirds), others are very large (like ostriches). While some birds fly thousands of miles ever
y year (like arctic terns), others can't fly at all ( like kiwi bird).
One of the strangest extinct birds is the Archaeopteryx, who had teeth in its beak, and claws on its wings. Because of these strange features it is considered among some evolutionists to be the 'missing link' between reptiles and birds. Actually, these characteristics do not prove it was the missing link.
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| Touraco |
Some modern birds have claws on their wings, but they aren't considered the missing link. The ostrich was three claws on each wing that it can used when attacked. The Hoatzin of South America has claws when it is young, which it uses to climb trees. Also the touraco of Africa has claws on its wings.
Fossil studies have shown that other true birds, which are now extinct, also had teeth. Thus just because archaeopteryx had teeth doesn't mean he was a dinosaur- bird link. It also had fully formed feathers. It didn't have half scales/ half feathers.
Scientists have found fossilized birds in layer s of rock that they date as being older than Archaeopteryx! One evolutionist has admitted:
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| Hoatzin |
"Palaeontologists have tried to turn Archaeopteryx into an earth bound, feathered dinosaur. But it's not. IT is a bird, a perching bird."
Even with all this evidence showing that Archaeopteryx is not a missing link, it still is taught in science textbooks to be one!
God certainly has created so many different types of birds, let's take the time to thank Him for them!