Flightless Birds and Evolutionary Storytelling

Proponents of evolution believe that they have evidence, yes? Many also claim that their evidence that destroys creation science, yes? There are many instances where evolutionists claim to prove or give evidence for their speculations but fail.

The idea that flightless birds such as the chicken-sized kiwi, the huge ostrich, and several others devolved from a common flying ancestor was put forward. People read the ostentatious claims and believe them — but fail to use critical thinking, which shows how evidence works against the narrative.

North Island Brown Kiwi, Wikimedia Commons / The.Rohit (CC BY 2.0)

The story is that these birds devolved from one flighted ancestor, but if the secular science industry was thinking matters through, they would see that they would have a better story if it was the opposite! At any rate, there is no fossil evidence to support their claims. The preposterous idea that a loss of traits is evidence for evolution was used, but that remains absurd to thinking people. No, old son, these birds are examples of the design work of the Master Engineer — including adaptation.

Many claimed examples exist of evolution, not by the gain of a function or a structure, but by a postulated evolution due to the loss of a structure or function. One of the best examples of this is the theory that flightless birds evolved from flying birds. By flightless birds, we are referring to those that are completely unable to fly, not those that still retain the ability to achieve some flight.

The most common examples of this “evolution by loss” of flight are ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, and the small kiwis of New Zealand. Evoutionists claim that each of these birds, called ratites, evolved from flying birds with well-developed wings. One reason for the notion that they used to fly is that other potential evolutionary possibilities are even less probable. The main reason for claiming that flightless birds evolved from flying birds is the observation that they are “found on many different continents – South America, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand” and that this finding “has been difficult for scientists to explain.”

You can read the rest by finding your way to "On the Evolution of Flightless Birds."