Fossils: What Are They and How Do They Confirm Creation and the Flood?
by Owen Borville
March 10, 2021
Geology, Learning, Science, Biology
What are fossils?
Fossils are the remains or traces of living things that have perished and have been preserved inside the sedimentary rock layers of the Earth.
Fossils are found in sedimentary rock because the soft nature of sediment preserves the fossils. The processes of formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks destroy the fossils and do not allow them to be preserved.
While evolutionist scientists believe that fossils were buried and preserved over millions of years in the rock layers, creationists believe that fossils are the preserved remains of living things buried in the sediment-rich waters of the catastrophic global flood that occurred more than 4,000 years ago.
Types of Fossils
Body fossils are the actual fossil remains of a former living organism. Trace fossils are the imprint or evidence of a fossil that once existed in a particular location in the sediment rock. Trace fossils can be footprints or burrows.
Eggs of animals can also be fossils. In addition, the waste material of animals can also be preserved as fossils. Microfossils are microscopic remains of organic life that have been preserved.
Creation scientists believe that all or most fossils were buried inside the Earth's sedimentary rock layers produced from the year-long Global Flood some 4,000 years ago.
All fossils contain carbon material can be dated using carbon dating. However, the events of the Global Flood dramatically altered the radiation levels on earth, therefore, pre-Flood materials show carbon-dated ages much larger than their true age.
Many fossils reveal that animals of the past were much larger than animals of today, revealing that the environmental conditions and radiation levels of the past were different than today.
While many fossils reveal preserved remains of animals that have been extinct on Earth, many fossils also are remarkably similar to living things found on Earth today.
Living fossils are fossils that evolutionist scientists believe are up to hundreds of millions of years old, but living examples look remarkably similar to these fossils.
Marine fossils make up 95 percent of animal fossils, giving strong evidence of a Global Flood.
Evolutionist scientists believe that gradual or tranquil rise and fall of sea level over millions of years based on temperature changes helped create the fossil record, but a detailed study of the fossil record shows that only catastrophic burial and preservation of fossils from sediment-rich waters could have produced the many fossils that are observed on earth.
The fossil record is the collection of fossils found in the sedimentary rock layers found on earth. Evolutionist scientists believe that each rock layer represents a different period of time in Earth's history separated by millions of years of time or more.
However, creationists believe that all of the sedimentary rock layers were deposited during the Global Flood 4,300 years ago and all of the fossils were preserved during this year-long event.
Evolutionist scientists also believe that fossils deposited lower in the rock layers are older and the fossils deposited in the upper layers are younger.
However, creationists believe that the placement of burial in the fossil layers is not based on time, but rather the ability of escape of the animals and living things.
Animals deposited higher in the rock layers were more mobile and could escape easier in the early stages of the flood. The catastrophic nature of the flood would have spread fossils out so that the same types of fossils could be found in different layers.
Animals deposited lower in the rock layers were less mobile and could not escape the floodwaters as easily.
Fossil assemblages are groups of fossils found together in the rock layers. These fossil assemblages can be diverse with different forms of life found together, giving strong evidence for the Global Flood and that these living things found together lived at the same time and not millions of years apart.
There are many examples of fossils found in assemblages in which fossils that were believed to live millions of years apart are found buried and preserved together, showing evidence of living together at the same time.
Fossils and the fossil record give some of the best evidence of the Global Flood of 4,300 years ago and the young Earth timeline of 6,000 years.
More About Fossil Assemblages
Fossils Appear Abruptly in the rock layers with no evidence of transitional or primitive fossils
Polystrate Fossils extend through sediment rock layers and eliminate millions of years
Unusual Fossils in Motion give strong evidence of catastrophic deposition and preservation of fossils
Living Fossils and the lack of recent fossils give evidence of shorter timelines
Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Fossils gives strong evidence for the youth of these fossils
by Owen Borville
March 10, 2021
Geology, Learning, Science, Biology
What are fossils?
Fossils are the remains or traces of living things that have perished and have been preserved inside the sedimentary rock layers of the Earth.
Fossils are found in sedimentary rock because the soft nature of sediment preserves the fossils. The processes of formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks destroy the fossils and do not allow them to be preserved.
While evolutionist scientists believe that fossils were buried and preserved over millions of years in the rock layers, creationists believe that fossils are the preserved remains of living things buried in the sediment-rich waters of the catastrophic global flood that occurred more than 4,000 years ago.
Types of Fossils
Body fossils are the actual fossil remains of a former living organism. Trace fossils are the imprint or evidence of a fossil that once existed in a particular location in the sediment rock. Trace fossils can be footprints or burrows.
Eggs of animals can also be fossils. In addition, the waste material of animals can also be preserved as fossils. Microfossils are microscopic remains of organic life that have been preserved.
Creation scientists believe that all or most fossils were buried inside the Earth's sedimentary rock layers produced from the year-long Global Flood some 4,000 years ago.
All fossils contain carbon material can be dated using carbon dating. However, the events of the Global Flood dramatically altered the radiation levels on earth, therefore, pre-Flood materials show carbon-dated ages much larger than their true age.
Many fossils reveal that animals of the past were much larger than animals of today, revealing that the environmental conditions and radiation levels of the past were different than today.
While many fossils reveal preserved remains of animals that have been extinct on Earth, many fossils also are remarkably similar to living things found on Earth today.
Living fossils are fossils that evolutionist scientists believe are up to hundreds of millions of years old, but living examples look remarkably similar to these fossils.
Marine fossils make up 95 percent of animal fossils, giving strong evidence of a Global Flood.
Evolutionist scientists believe that gradual or tranquil rise and fall of sea level over millions of years based on temperature changes helped create the fossil record, but a detailed study of the fossil record shows that only catastrophic burial and preservation of fossils from sediment-rich waters could have produced the many fossils that are observed on earth.
The fossil record is the collection of fossils found in the sedimentary rock layers found on earth. Evolutionist scientists believe that each rock layer represents a different period of time in Earth's history separated by millions of years of time or more.
However, creationists believe that all of the sedimentary rock layers were deposited during the Global Flood 4,300 years ago and all of the fossils were preserved during this year-long event.
Evolutionist scientists also believe that fossils deposited lower in the rock layers are older and the fossils deposited in the upper layers are younger.
However, creationists believe that the placement of burial in the fossil layers is not based on time, but rather the ability of escape of the animals and living things.
Animals deposited higher in the rock layers were more mobile and could escape easier in the early stages of the flood. The catastrophic nature of the flood would have spread fossils out so that the same types of fossils could be found in different layers.
Animals deposited lower in the rock layers were less mobile and could not escape the floodwaters as easily.
Fossil assemblages are groups of fossils found together in the rock layers. These fossil assemblages can be diverse with different forms of life found together, giving strong evidence for the Global Flood and that these living things found together lived at the same time and not millions of years apart.
There are many examples of fossils found in assemblages in which fossils that were believed to live millions of years apart are found buried and preserved together, showing evidence of living together at the same time.
Fossils and the fossil record give some of the best evidence of the Global Flood of 4,300 years ago and the young Earth timeline of 6,000 years.
More About Fossil Assemblages
Fossils Appear Abruptly in the rock layers with no evidence of transitional or primitive fossils
Polystrate Fossils extend through sediment rock layers and eliminate millions of years
Unusual Fossils in Motion give strong evidence of catastrophic deposition and preservation of fossils
Living Fossils and the lack of recent fossils give evidence of shorter timelines
Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Fossils gives strong evidence for the youth of these fossils
