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Currently displaying Evidence Of Design In Bird Feathers And Avian Respiration from Issue 2, Volume 4 of the International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics . To view more papers from this issue and others please use the links at the bottom of the page.
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Title: Evidence Of Design In Bird Feathers And Avian Respiration
Authors: A .C. McINTOSH
This paper explores the evidence for design in living systems. In particular, it considers two of the mechanisms used in bird flight. These include feathers and the remarkable counterflow mass exchanger breathing system used in the avian lung system. Both systems are examples of the principle of specified functional complexity, which occurs throughout nature. There is no known recorded example of this developing experimentally where the precursor information or machinery is not already present in embryonic form. Such design features indicate non-evolutionary features being involved.
Keywords: avian respiration, birds, design, evolution, feathers, lungs, nature
