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Creationist also assert that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed.<ref>Menton, David N., [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0328discovery.asp "Ostrich-osaurus" discovery?], Answers in Genesis.</ref>

Creationist also assert that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed.<ref>Menton, David N., [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0328discovery.asp "Ostrich-osaurus" discovery?], Answers in Genesis.</ref>

==Scientific Viewpoint==

== Evolutionary view ==

Some scientists assert that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs over 100 million years ago.  There are many well known transitional [[fossil]]s to prove this.  The best known (and one argued as fake by creationists despite there being 10 different fossils found at different times) is ''Archaeopteryx lithographica'' which is from the late Jurassic (about 150 million years ago) of Germany. However, ''Archaeopteryx'' fossils have been proven to be real as a result of studies<ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/archaeopteryx/forgery.html</ref>. There are many other transitional fossils <ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1b.html#bird</ref> and more are being found.

Many scientists claim that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs over 100 million years ago.  The most-frequently claimed candidate for an [[transitional form]] is ''[[Archaeopteryx|Archaeopteryx lithographica]]'' which is from the late [[Jurassic]] (about 150 million years ago) of [[Germany]].

There are other claimed transitional fossils <ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1b.html#bird</ref> also.

There are many publishings in the well respected peer-reviewed science journals such as ''Nature'' and ''Science'' that also agree with birds evolving from dinosaurs.  Here is a publishing in Nature:

There are many papers in the peer-reviewed science journals such as ''Nature'' and ''Science'' that support the idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs.  For example:

{{QuoteBox|Several features, including a carinate sternum and reduced fibula, suggest that ''Mononychus olecranus'' is more closely related to modern birds than is ''Archaeopteryx lithographica''. The two skeletons are among the best preserved fossils known of a primitive bird, and emphasize the complexity of the morphological transformation from nonavialian theropods to modern birds. The occurrence of such a primitive bird in the Late Cretaceous reflects the paucity of Mesozoic bird fossils and suggests that the early radiation of avialians is only beginning to be sampled

Several features, including a carinate sternum and reduced fibula, suggest that ''Mononychus olecranus'' is more closely related to modern birds than is ''Archaeopteryx lithographica''. The two skeletons are among the best preserved fossils known of a primitive bird, and emphasize the complexity of the morphological transformation from nonavialian theropods to modern birds. The occurrence of such a primitive bird in the Late Cretaceous reflects the paucity of Mesozoic bird fossils and suggests that the early radiation of avialians is only beginning to be sampled

<ref>''Nature'' 362, 623-626 ([[15 April]] [[1993]])</ref>}}

<ref>Nature 362, 623 - 626 (15 April 1993)</ref>

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