[AndrewC]

The way I read this,

Yes, that is the way I read it. My point being that this would be touted as evidence for the Darwininian view no matter what the outcome.

[general_re]

On the other hand, the previous theory on feather formation has now been neatly falsified.

Setting that aside, in your opinion, what possible outcome of such a study would have undeniably falsified evolutionary theory?