Move Over, Archaeopteryx

Reedo writes "The clearest evidence ever of the missing link between dinosaurs and birds has been found in a newly discovered "feathered" fossil in northeastern China, claim scientists. The specimen was found embedded in a large slab of rock, in what scientists think was a former lake or pond."

Comments

Blasphemy

[rf600r]

As the Arch Bishop of the Curch of the Dancing Archaeopteryx, I curse thee!

I shall now rock back and forth murmuring Archaeopteryx over and over again until I can read the LEDs on your modem and crush you.

Good day sir!

Re:Blasphemy

[diesel_jackass]

not if i can't bribe you with some Mc D's that i bought with my watch first!

Re:Unsurprising

[CaptainCarrot]

It means that I think them not incorrect in pointing out the deficiencies in evolutionary theory. At the very least they keep evolutionary biologists honest by forcing them to answer some of their criticisms and to take a good hard look at some of their assumptions, the data they tend to ignore, and details they tend to gloss over.

Of course, "creationist science" leaves a lot to be desired in and of itself, but to be fair it's a very young discipline. It's only recently that creationists have sought to put their views on a firm scientific footing rather than just pointing at Genesis and screaming, "It's in there, so it must be true!!!" which convinces no one who's not already on their side. They may or may not have something at this point. There are some things they do a much better job of explaining then evolutionary biologists, but there are even more subjects on which they raise more questions than they answer.