tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post4401414524926586231..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: Archaeopteryx No Longer First BirdJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-68006981328364632782011-07-31T23:34:04.157-04:002011-07-31T23:34:04.157-04:00Yeah, the whole reclassification of birds, in gene...Yeah, the whole reclassification of birds, in general, as reptiles because of their inferred relationship to the theropod dinosaurs was not a positive move as far as YEC supporters were concerned.Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-28972576505619225772011-07-31T17:10:25.548-04:002011-07-31T17:10:25.548-04:00If I recall correctly from my YEC days, their posi...If I recall correctly from my YEC days, their position was that archaeopteryx was unambiguously a bird with no meaningful transitional features. So re-classifying it to be a reptile is definitely <i>not</i> a move in their favor.AMWnoreply@blogger.com