Search Results for: Archaeopteryx
Fossil Friday: Venetoraptor Is Not the Archaeopteryx of Pterosaurs
Forget all the pop science ballyhoo, and if you should not trust my word, just check the provided primary sources.
Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils
Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions.
Archaeopteryx Reclassified as a Different Kind of Evolutionary Icon?
Oh, now this has got to be a bit of a disappointment, including for the manufacture of a certain high-priced outdoor clothing brand.
The Demise of Another Evolutionary Link: Archaeopteryx Falls From Its Perch
A few days ago we saw Ida fall from her overhyped status as an ancestor of humans. Now some scientists are claiming that Archaeopteryx should lose its status as an ancestor of modern birds. Calling Archaeopteryx an “icon of evolution,” the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) borrows a term from Jonathan Wells while reporting that “[t]he feathered creature called archaeopteryx, easily the world’s most famous fossil remains, had been considered the first bird since Charles Darwin’s day. When researchers put its celebrity bones under the microscope recently, though, they discovered that this icon of evolution might not have been a bird at all.” According to the new research, inferences about growth rates made from studies of Archaeopteryx‘s ancient fossilized bones show Read More ›
Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms “Feathered Dinosaurs” Were Secondarily Flightless Birds
Darwinists may have to say goodbye to some cherished assumed transitional forms and the evolutionary just-so stories built upon them.