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“HESPERORNITHIFORMS: THE FIRST MARINE BIRDS,” –presented by Dr. Alyssa Bell, Postdoctoral Research Associate.  Dr. Bell’s research focuses primarily on avian evolution and the use of phylogenetics to study aquatic bird diversity. Historical science (geology, paleontology, ect.) is based on deductive reasoning, as opposed to observational science (chemestry, mathematics, etc.) based on inductive reasoning by observation of facts.   https://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.html "Deductive reasoning, or deduction, starts out with a general statement, or hypothesis, and examines the possibilities to reach a specific, logical conclusion, according to  California State University . The scientific method uses deduction to test hypotheses and theories. "In deductive inference, we hold a theory and based on it we make a prediction of its consequences. That is, we predict what the observations should be if the theory were correct. We go...

The fossil, named  Pterygornis dapingfangensis , came from Jehol Biota in northeastern China, and more specifically from a sedimentary rock horizon claimed to be Cretaceous at 120 to 131 million years old!?  All the other bird fossils with fused hips and arm bones came from later-deposited Cretaceous layers thought to be some 40 million years younger.  The paleontologist authors’ main point was to change the evolutionary origin of birds in a way that would explain away this anomalous 40-million-years out-of-place fossil. This is an example of how evolution cannot be falsified and is therefore unscientific speculation. Science requires tests that can either confirm or refute a hypothesis. And this is not all. Unfossilized unpetrified bone has been preserved in this fossil bird. Bone that could not last more than a few thousand years. Further falsifying long ages and evolution! http://www.icr.org/article/10294/