Which one is correct?

"According to a new study, shorebirds are not the most primitive birds, which refuses the widely-held view that they gave rise to all modern birds."

A- A widely-believed idea that all living birds evolved from shorebirds has been verified by a new study into the world's oldest birds

B- A new study validates the widespread opinion that all modern birds descended from shorebirds, although they may not be the world's oldest birds

C- The widespread belief that all living birds are the descendants of shorebirds is proven wrong by a new study which shows that they are not the oldest birds on Earth

D- It is widely believed that all modern birds evolved from the world's most primitive shorebirds, which is in accordance with the results of a new study

E- A new study proves that not all of today's living birds evolved from shorebirds, which contradicts the previous belief about the origins of modern birds

I'm stuck between C and E but I say C, is it correct?