Living Fossils and the Lack of Recent Fossils
by Owen Borville
December 28, 2018
Biology, Geology
The lack of recent fossils of living organisms is an issue for evolutionists and old earth advocates. Fossilized samples of "living fossils" are found in rocks dating hundreds of millions of years old with radiometric dating techniques while no recent fossils have been found. In other words, these organisms are living today but the only fossils of these organisms are dated by evolutionists to hundreds of millions of years ago while no recent fossils have been found. This anomaly gives strong evidence that these fossils and rocks layers are actually of recent origin within the creationist time frame of 6,000 years and that radiometric dating methods used by evolutionists produce questionable ages. Living fossils such as the horseshoe crab, which evolutionists claim has fossils dating to 400 million years ago, can be found living today and indicates that evolution was very unlikely and that these fossils have not changed since the creation 6,000 years ago. If macroevolution occurs as the evolutionists claim, how has the horseshoe crab not changed its morphology in 400 million years?
Evolutionists today do not recognize the occurrence of the global flood that creationists believe occurred about 4,600 years ago, killing and burying many species of land animals and creating the fossil record that we know today. The living fossils are remnants of the animals that were preserved on the Ark of Noah, while many species of animals became extinct as a result of this flood. These living fossils are commonly found with dinosaur fossils and other ancient fossils in rock layers labeled by mainstream geologists as Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, or what is called the Mesozoic Era from 252 million to 66 million years ago. Therefore, creationists have strong evidence that not only horseshoe crabs are young within the creationist time frame but also the other fossils found together are also within the same origin and time frame. Other examples of living fossils include the crocodile family, which is believed by evolutionists to have originated over 200 million years ago during the Triassic period but in reality has remained virtually unchanged from the fossil record compared to modern samples. The crocodile family is even older than the dinosaur family according to evolutionist time frame, but these reptiles still exist today virtually identical to their fossil counterparts. Army ants have not changed in 100 million years, according to evolutionists, and researchers at Cornell University have determined that army ants come from the same ancestor and did not evolve on separate continents. The researchers examined 30 army ant species and found that the species featured some of the same genetic mutations, leading to the conclusion that the source of origin was the same. (1)
Other living fossil examples that have perceived ancient origins in the millions of years include the brittle star echinoderm, cockroaches, coelacanth, crinoids, cycads, dragonflies, ginkgo trees, the nautilus, salamanders, sea urchins, sturgeon fish, tuatara reptiles, velvet worms, the Wollemi pine tree, hummingbirds, and the glass sponge. Evolutionists believe that fossils of these species date in the millions of years and up to 500 million years for some, however living examples of these species indicate that there was no evolution and these living species are virtually identical to their fossil counterparts. Cyanobacteria are arguably some of the oldest living fossils, dating back to 3.5 billion years in the evolutionist time frame despite the existence of living examples today.
(1) Cornell Chronicle, May 5, 2003.
by Owen Borville
December 28, 2018
Biology, Geology
The lack of recent fossils of living organisms is an issue for evolutionists and old earth advocates. Fossilized samples of "living fossils" are found in rocks dating hundreds of millions of years old with radiometric dating techniques while no recent fossils have been found. In other words, these organisms are living today but the only fossils of these organisms are dated by evolutionists to hundreds of millions of years ago while no recent fossils have been found. This anomaly gives strong evidence that these fossils and rocks layers are actually of recent origin within the creationist time frame of 6,000 years and that radiometric dating methods used by evolutionists produce questionable ages. Living fossils such as the horseshoe crab, which evolutionists claim has fossils dating to 400 million years ago, can be found living today and indicates that evolution was very unlikely and that these fossils have not changed since the creation 6,000 years ago. If macroevolution occurs as the evolutionists claim, how has the horseshoe crab not changed its morphology in 400 million years?
Evolutionists today do not recognize the occurrence of the global flood that creationists believe occurred about 4,600 years ago, killing and burying many species of land animals and creating the fossil record that we know today. The living fossils are remnants of the animals that were preserved on the Ark of Noah, while many species of animals became extinct as a result of this flood. These living fossils are commonly found with dinosaur fossils and other ancient fossils in rock layers labeled by mainstream geologists as Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, or what is called the Mesozoic Era from 252 million to 66 million years ago. Therefore, creationists have strong evidence that not only horseshoe crabs are young within the creationist time frame but also the other fossils found together are also within the same origin and time frame. Other examples of living fossils include the crocodile family, which is believed by evolutionists to have originated over 200 million years ago during the Triassic period but in reality has remained virtually unchanged from the fossil record compared to modern samples. The crocodile family is even older than the dinosaur family according to evolutionist time frame, but these reptiles still exist today virtually identical to their fossil counterparts. Army ants have not changed in 100 million years, according to evolutionists, and researchers at Cornell University have determined that army ants come from the same ancestor and did not evolve on separate continents. The researchers examined 30 army ant species and found that the species featured some of the same genetic mutations, leading to the conclusion that the source of origin was the same. (1)
Other living fossil examples that have perceived ancient origins in the millions of years include the brittle star echinoderm, cockroaches, coelacanth, crinoids, cycads, dragonflies, ginkgo trees, the nautilus, salamanders, sea urchins, sturgeon fish, tuatara reptiles, velvet worms, the Wollemi pine tree, hummingbirds, and the glass sponge. Evolutionists believe that fossils of these species date in the millions of years and up to 500 million years for some, however living examples of these species indicate that there was no evolution and these living species are virtually identical to their fossil counterparts. Cyanobacteria are arguably some of the oldest living fossils, dating back to 3.5 billion years in the evolutionist time frame despite the existence of living examples today.
(1) Cornell Chronicle, May 5, 2003.
