Masterblaster21,

It is unwise for you to attack the findings of a branch of science that you know little about. Truth is in the details, and it is so easy for someone like yourself to be swept away by an irresponsible Internet site. Take your example about Gorillas sometimes walking on their legs. If you knew more about the subject you would know that Gorillas can't keep it up for long periods of time. One of the adaptive signs for serious upright walking is in how the backbone connects to the skull. Gorillas are not build for distance walking, and that is the key to classifying upright walkers.

Your discussion of Archaeopteryx is a beautiful example of how you missed important details because you are not knowledgeable in the subject of paleontology, relying most likely on some incompetent site. "Archaeopteryx is best described as a mosaic bird." - Masterblaster21. A mosaic of bird and reptilian features is exactly what an intermediate is! You approached this topic with a false idea as to what an intermediate is, and that detail led you down the wrong path. I don't have time to explain why intermediates should be like that, that being another little side study you might be interested in. Let me note, in wrapping this post up, that genuine feathered dinosaur fossils are now known to exist. Hence, feathers don't necessarily define a bird.