Evolutionary Claim: 

Over millions of years, birds evolved from dinosaurs

Reality Check:

(Unless otherwise noted, quotations below  are from the book by Henry Morris, That Their Words May Be Used Against Them, available from the Institute for Creation Research. Links are to articles and papers on the World Wide Web.)

• What Would Need to Change for a Dinosaur to Evolve into a Bird?  by John Morris

• The Rise of Birds by Jon Covey

• National Geographic's 'Bird Dinosaur' Flew Against the Facts by Nancy Pearcey

• Smithsonian criticizes National Geographic’s Dino-to-Bird Claims in an Open Letter, revealing the lack of consensus on the matter among scientists, despite National Geographic’s sensationalistic “propagandizing”.

• On the Alleged Dinosaurian Ancestry of Birds Ashby Camp

   Examines the fossil evidence vis-a-vis the ever popular dinosaur-to-bird evolutionary scenario.

• Did Birds Evolve From Dinosaurs? by David Buckna

• Where Did the First Birds Come From? by Curt Sewell

• Archaeoraptor — Phony ‘feathered’ fossil by Jonathan Sarfati

• Archaeopteryx (unlike Archaeoraptor) is NOT a hoax — it is a true bird, not a ‘missing link’ by Jonathan Sarfati

• Which came first—the dino or the bird? by Jonathan Sarfati

• Ruffled feathers among fossil bird experts by David J. Tyler

• Are birds feathered dinosaurs? by Paul Garner

• Bird Evolution flies out the window by David Menton & Carl Wieland

• Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight  by Jon Covey

• Dino-Bird Evolution Falls Flat! by Jonathan Sarfati

• Yet another birdosaur claim?! by Jonathan Sarfati

• ‘BPM 1 3-13’—have they finally found a true feathered dinosaur? by Jonathan Sarfati

•  As a Transitional Form Archaeopteryx Won't Fly  by Duane T. Gish

• Archaeopteryx: The Trump Card of Evolution  by Jon Covey

• Solnhofen Limestone: Home of Archaeopteryx by  Elaine Kennedy

• Recent Debate Over Archaeopteryx  (1986) by  Venus E. Clausen 

• Information on Archaeopteryx  by David Buckna

• Archaeopteryx is No Transitional Form by John Woodmorappe
  

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