Feathered Dinosaurs?
Some scientists believe the supposed “proto-feathers” are really just collagen fibers

Feathered Dinosaurs?

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.

Articles About Feathered Dinosaurs?

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  • What? Another feathered dinosaur claim?
    July 29, 1998

    Many news agencies have reported on two fossils found in Northern China that are claimed to be feathered theropods (meat-eating dinosaurs).

  • Caution Advised on Reliability of Dinosaur-Bird Claim
    April 16, 1998

    The international media reported on March 18 that scientists unearthed fossil evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs.

  • New Dinosaur-Bird Link?
    April 1, 1998

    This latest “missing link” is based on more than 20 fragments of leg, rib and shoulder bones found in the Patagonia region of Argentina.

  • Feathered Dinosaur Update
    Oct. 26, 1996

    Like most paleontologists, however, Martin awaits a detailed report on the new find. ‘The possibility for having egg on the face is tremendous at this point.

  • “Feathered Dinosaur”
    Oct. 26, 1996

    “The fossil find of the century—the first dinosaur with feathers, a possible fore-runner to flying birds—has reportedly been discovered in China.” We need to wait and see the scientific paper.

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