Feathered Dinosaurs?

From The New Answers DVD 1

Dinosaurs to Birds?

The fossil record does not reveal an evolutionary progression in feather development, nor does it reveal transitional animals that are part bird and part dinosaur. No scientific observations have ever shown a way that dinosaurs could acquire the genetic information to make the dramatic changes that would have been necessary to evolve into birds.

Microraptor

Since no definitive dinosaurs with feathers have appeared in the fossil record—only dinosaurs with fuzzy-looking collagen fibers that do not qualify in any way as transitional feathers—many evolutionists seeking to explain the evolution of feathers would like to find transitional evolutionary forms. Microraptor did not help their case.

Feathered Dinosaurs

Nothing in the Bible precludes the erstwhile existence of feathered dinosaurs. What the Bible does indicate is that if feathered dinosaurs were to have existed, they would have been created with feathers; they did not evolve from reptilian scales, which are quite different.

News About Feathered Dinosaurs?

• News

  Did Some “Feathered Dinosaurs” Have “Birdlike Skin”?

  

  May 29, 2024 from Ken Ham Blog

  Has a new study on Psittacosaurus really proven that so-called feathered dinosaurs had both reptile and birdlike skin?

• News

  Were “Dinosaur Feathers” More Birdlike Than Thought?

  

  Nov. 2, 2023 from Ken Ham Blog

  What should we make of a headline like this: “Dinosaur feathers may have been more birdlike than previously thought”?

• News

  Did Beetles Feed on Dinosaur Feathers?

  

  May 4, 2023 from Ken Ham Blog

  In a chunk of amber, researchers discovered bits of downy feathers and larval molts from beetles that are very similar to beetles that live today.

Articles About Feathered Dinosaurs?

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Cratonavis zhui: A Dinosaur-like Bird?

  

  April 29, 2023 from Answers in Depth

  Cratonavis zhui is an alleged link between dinosaurs and birds.

• Dinosaurs for Thanksgiving

  

  Nov. 22, 2022 from News to Know

  Are you thankful for your dinosaur’s drumsticks?

• Magazine Department Article

  Ducks & Dinosaurs Together?

  

  Nov. 1, 2018 from Answers Magazine

  Evolution is so ingrained in our culture that most people assume modern-looking birds didn’t live with dinosaurs, but this is not the case.

• In-Depth Article

  Did Dinosaurs Evolve into Birds?

  

  Sept. 7, 2018 from Answers in Depth

  Did dinosaurs evolve into birds? Are the birds we see at our window actually feathered dinosaurs? For many evolutionists these claims are unassailable facts.

• Have Researchers Found Dinosaur Genes?

  

  Aug. 31, 2018

  A study out of the University of Kent claims to have pieced together a portion of a dinosaur’s genome. This is a massive accomplishment—if their claim is true.

• Book Chapter

  Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds?

  

  March 2, 2018 from The New Answers Book 1

  What does the Bible tell us about the origin of birds, and just how good is the scientific evidence that some dinosaurs evolved into birds?

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Did a Dinosaur Get Its Feathered Tail Caught in Amber?

  

  Dec. 12, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Once again the popular media is abuzz with a new evolutionary breakthrough. This time it is purported to be a feathered dinosaur tail trapped in amber!

• “Dinosaur” in Amber: Evolutionists Spin Another Tail

  

  Dec. 9, 2016

  The recent spouting by some media outlets of a feathered dinosaur tail preserved in amber may be a case of counting chickens before they’re hatched.

• In-Depth Article

  Can Scientists Rewind Supposed Evolution of Dinosaurs to Birds?

  April 28, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Evolutionary scientists think birds evolved from dinosaurs and to help prove it, they’ve engineered a chicken embryo to grow a dinosaur-like lower leg.

• Are Dinosaurs Still Among Us?

  

  April 15, 2016

  A new exhibit, “Dinosaurs Among Us,” at the American Museum of Natural History showcases the idea that dinosaurs are still among us in the form of birds.

• In-Depth Article

  “Ostrich-Mimic” Is an Un-Feathered Dinosaur

  Nov. 12, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Despite claims they had prehistoric plumage, Ornithomimus fossils are devoid of feathers.

• In-Depth Article

  What If Dinosaurs Really Had Feathers?

  

  Sept. 24, 2015 from Countering the Culture

  Zhenyuanlong is not a blow to biblical belief or proof that dinosaurs evolved into birds, but a testimony to avian diversity of the pre-Flood world.

• In-Depth Article

  Did All Dinosaurs Have Feathers?

  Aug. 2, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Get used to seeing feathers on all evolutionary depictions of dinosaurs, not just theropods!

• Do Four-Winged Birds Confirm Dinosaur Role in Flight Evolution?

  March 30, 2013 from News to Know

  Do four-winged Cretaceous birds confirm dinosaurs’ role in the evolution of flight?

• How Can We Say a Feathery Dinosaur is a Bird?

  Feb. 9, 2013 from News to Know

  Since last week’s discussion of the feathered fossil Eosinopteryx, we have received questions about how we could consider this animal a bird.

• Was Tiny Feathered Creature Dinosaur or Bird?

  Feb. 2, 2013 from News to Know

  It’s an itsy-bitsy . . . dinosaur? Or bird?

• Feathered Dinosaurs Found in Canada?

  Nov. 17, 2012 from News to Know

  Were feathered dinosaurs found in Canada?

• Blogger: Evolutionists who Reject Feathered Dinosaurs “Misguided”

  Sept. 22, 2012 from News to Know

  Popular paleo-blogger calls evolutionists who reject feathered dinosaurs “misguided.”

• Fine Filaments for Feathered Dinosaurs

  July 28, 2012 from News to Know

  Fine filaments on Bavarian theropod boasted to “bridge the considerable gap” between “feathered dinosaur” groups.

• Gigantic Dinosaur Reportedly Has Fossilized Feathers

  April 14, 2012 from News to Know

  Gigantic dinosaur reportedly has fossilized feathers, but don’t look too closely.

• Feathered Fossil: Still a Bird

  March 17, 2012 from News to Know

  Microraptor supposedly had shiny, black feathers to help attract mates.

• New Evidence Finds Dinosaurs Ate Birds

  Dec. 3, 2011 from News to Know

  Last meal is a testament . . . but to what?

• Oviraptor Flirting Techniques Revealed In Study

  Nov. 12, 2011 from News to Know

  From egg-thief to devoted mother to fan-dancer, Oviraptor reputation soars in Vegas.

• Canadian Amber Holds Fuzzy Fossils

  Sept. 24, 2011 from News to Know

  Canadian amber preserves some itsy-bitsy fuzzy fossils.

• Dinosaur-Bird Confusion

  July 30, 2011

  Xiaotingia zhengi—the latest so-called feathered fossil in Liaoning—is providing a creative way to draft the Archaeopteryx into the dinosaur family.

• Flap-Running Considered the Link Between Dinosaurs and Flight

  July 2, 2011

  Why fly when you can flap-run up the evolutionary tree?

• A Bird in Hand

  Feb. 19, 2011 from News to Know

  The focus of the article is purportedly “the final nail in the coffin” for those that don’t believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Or is this evolutionary dogma that just won’t fly away?

• Feedback Article

  Jurassic Spark?

  Dec. 17, 2010 from Feedback

  Do chickens really take on “dinosaurian traits” inside the egg as one paleontologist claims? There’s more fluff to this claim than fact.

• Rejection of Dinosaur-to-Bird Evolution Tale

  Feb. 13, 2010

  “[M]ore evidence that birds did not descend from ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs”: research from Oregon State University, home to evolutionists who reject the dinosaur-to-bird evolution tale.

• Fossilized Melanosomes Found

  Jan. 30, 2010 from News to Know

  Paleontologists have recovered fossilized melanosomes (which are responsible for pigmentation in skin, fur, and feathers) from ancient birds and dinosaurs.

• Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

  Jan. 23, 2010 from News to Know

  If alligator lungs are like bird lungs, and dinosaur lungs were like alligator lungs, does that mean birds evolved from dinosaurs?

• Feedback Article

  Dinosaur Confusion

  Oct. 16, 2009 from Feedback

  Dinosaurs, which were really just birds, were killed off by a flood, but not Noah’s Flood? Tim Chaffey and David Wright, AiG–US, clear up some confusion about dinosaurs.

• Final “Proof” for Fuzzy Dinos

  Oct. 3, 2009 from News to Know

  It’s the “final proof” that dinosaurs evolved into birds, say scientists.

• The Secret of the Mongolian Pterosaur

  Aug. 8, 2009 from News to Know

  What were pterosaurs really like? An uncertain topic grows all the more perplexing after a new look at an old fossil.

• Another Evolutionary Flap

  June 20, 2009 from News to Know

  Last week we reported on a solid scientific study that dismissed dinosaur-to-bird evolution. Of course, some researchers have yet to catch on.

• Birds Are Not Dinosaurs!

  June 13, 2009 from News to Know

  The allegation that birds evolved from dinosaurs is frequently treated as factual by evolutionists. But an unexpected discovery about bird anatomy refutes this.

• Birds Did Not Evolve from Dinosaurs, Say Evolutionists

  June 12, 2009

  Oregon State University scientists have released a new study debunking the alleged evolution of dinosaurs into birds.

• Fluffy Dinos

  March 21, 2009 from News to Know

  A fossilized feathered dinosaur found in China—are they serious this time?

• New Argentinian Dinosaur Fossil May Hold Dino-Bird Connection

  Oct. 4, 2008

  A dinosaur unearthed in Argentina could be the latest evidence for a dino–bird connection, paleontologists report.

• Magazine Department Article

  The Early Bird Catches the Dinosaur

  Sept. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine

  Bird fossils are found with dinosaur fossils.

• Bird Fossil Found, Dating Back to the Dinosaur Era

  May 10, 2008

  Dubbed “the dawn of the Confucius bird,” a new bird fossil discovered in China is said to be from the time of the dinosaurs but is remarkably well preserved.

• Magazine Department Article

  Chick-osaur?

  Oct. 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  The Bible clearly states that birds were created before the dinosaurs.

• Magazine Department Article

  Birds Under Fire

  Oct. 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  The claim that birds evolved from dinosaurs is widely accepted by secular scientists and in popular culture.

• Feathered Raptors: Not the Birds

  Sept. 29, 2007

  Bumps on the forearm bone of a velociraptor fossil are creating considerable excitement for advocates of the dinosaurs-to-birds hypothesis.