Where Are the Human Fossils?
by Owen Borville
December 12, 2018
Biology
Where are the human fossils? Creationists have noted the lack of human fossils to support the evolutionist and uniformitarian age scale for the earth. Population growth rates show that humans could not have lived on earth for more than 6,000 years. Today’s human population (7 billion plus) could be reached in only 1,100 years from a single pair of humans at the present growth rate of two percent per year (John Morris, The Young Earth p. 73). If the earth was 4.5 billion years old, there would be many more fossils in the stratigraphic record. The lack of human fossils in the world indicates a young earth.
Ninety-five percent of fossils (95 percent) are marine invertebrates and most marine fossils are found on continents in large assemblages, which gives further evidence of the Flood of Genesis. Most of the remaining five percent are plant fossils, while a very small percentage of fossils are land invertebrates and vertebrates. Morris also describes how land animals have a low fossilization potential because they bloat, float, and come apart when submerged in water. Land animals would also be eaten up by predators and the bodies would eventually disintegrate in a very short time.
So if Earth is billions of years old, where are the fossils, including human, vertebrate, and invertebrate fossils? Where are the transitional fossils? Evolutionists continue to search for them. The the lack of human fossils in the world confirms a young Earth, in addition to the lack of fossils of all life in general to support “millions of years” of existence on Earth.
Having millions of years would leave the subsurface packed with animal and human fossils, however this amount of accumulation is simply not found. Evolutionists believe that humans evolved from a common ancestor of the primates several million years ago in Africa and that the lineage separated to form the ancestors of modern humans.
Humans are believed to have "evolved" in their modern form around 300,000 to 200,000 years ago, according to standard evolutionist doctrine, and are given the name "homo sapiens." During this time, evolutionists believe humans were hunters and gatherers who made stone tools and gradually "evolved" more advanced skills that humans have today. Despite this long perceived human history, evolutionists insist that humans only developed agriculture, including the farming of plants and animals, less than 12,000 years ago.
In other words, modern humans existed as primitive hunters and gatherers for more than 200,000 years and suddenly within the last 12,000 years developed agriculture, which led to the development of civilizations and settlements. However, the fossil record does not indicate such a long history of human evolution. In addition, human written records cannot be found older than about 4,500 years ago during the Mesopotamian civilization.
Where are the human artifacts? In addition to the lack of human fossils to account for 200,000 years of perceived human existence, there should be more human artifacts buried underground such as tools, pottery, and other man-made objects that humans would have used in the past during this time frame. Since these human artifacts are limited to account for the perceived time frame of existence, the young earth position is strengthened.
Creationists also believe that the agriculture timeline is overestimated by evolutionists and that the actual timeline dates back only about 4,500 years, shortly after the global Genesis Flood, which completely altered the landscape. Therefore, evolutionists believe that modern humans have evolved for over 200,000 years as hunters and gatherers using stone tools and suddenly within the last few thousand years developed modern agriculture and written documents. This analysis seems unlikely as humans should have developed agriculture and written records much earlier in their history than evolutionists believe. In addition, the oldest human settlements on earth today were developed less than 5,000 years ago and there is no evidence of any older settlements.
Creationists also dispute modern radio-carbon dating methods used by evolutionists, which generally overestimate the true age of human artifacts by twice or three times the actual age. Creationists also dispute the use of radio-isotope dating methods on fossils by evolutionists, which commonly give ages in the millions of years for fossils that should be dated in the few thousands of years.
Evolutionists also commonly mistake primate fossils or extinct primate fossils for human skeletons because of their belief that humans "evolved" from primates or had a common ancestor. If modern humans have been inhabiting the earth for more than 200,000 years, there should be a much higher world population than the current world population of six to seven billion people based on the human population growth rates of countries around the world.
There should also be many more human fossils found in the strata, however there are a very small number of human fossils that have been found to date, in addition to a very small number of mammalian fossils as most fossils are of marine origin. In addition, creationists point toward the lack of "transitional fossils" or the lack of intermediate fossils comprising the supposed gradual evolution from the primate common ancestor to modern humans.
The evidence points toward a human history of only several thousand years, and this chronology complies with the biblical creationist timeline of 6,000 years and approximately 4,500 years since the global Genesis Flood.
by Owen Borville
December 12, 2018
Biology
Where are the human fossils? Creationists have noted the lack of human fossils to support the evolutionist and uniformitarian age scale for the earth. Population growth rates show that humans could not have lived on earth for more than 6,000 years. Today’s human population (7 billion plus) could be reached in only 1,100 years from a single pair of humans at the present growth rate of two percent per year (John Morris, The Young Earth p. 73). If the earth was 4.5 billion years old, there would be many more fossils in the stratigraphic record. The lack of human fossils in the world indicates a young earth.
Ninety-five percent of fossils (95 percent) are marine invertebrates and most marine fossils are found on continents in large assemblages, which gives further evidence of the Flood of Genesis. Most of the remaining five percent are plant fossils, while a very small percentage of fossils are land invertebrates and vertebrates. Morris also describes how land animals have a low fossilization potential because they bloat, float, and come apart when submerged in water. Land animals would also be eaten up by predators and the bodies would eventually disintegrate in a very short time.
So if Earth is billions of years old, where are the fossils, including human, vertebrate, and invertebrate fossils? Where are the transitional fossils? Evolutionists continue to search for them. The the lack of human fossils in the world confirms a young Earth, in addition to the lack of fossils of all life in general to support “millions of years” of existence on Earth.
Having millions of years would leave the subsurface packed with animal and human fossils, however this amount of accumulation is simply not found. Evolutionists believe that humans evolved from a common ancestor of the primates several million years ago in Africa and that the lineage separated to form the ancestors of modern humans.
Humans are believed to have "evolved" in their modern form around 300,000 to 200,000 years ago, according to standard evolutionist doctrine, and are given the name "homo sapiens." During this time, evolutionists believe humans were hunters and gatherers who made stone tools and gradually "evolved" more advanced skills that humans have today. Despite this long perceived human history, evolutionists insist that humans only developed agriculture, including the farming of plants and animals, less than 12,000 years ago.
In other words, modern humans existed as primitive hunters and gatherers for more than 200,000 years and suddenly within the last 12,000 years developed agriculture, which led to the development of civilizations and settlements. However, the fossil record does not indicate such a long history of human evolution. In addition, human written records cannot be found older than about 4,500 years ago during the Mesopotamian civilization.
Where are the human artifacts? In addition to the lack of human fossils to account for 200,000 years of perceived human existence, there should be more human artifacts buried underground such as tools, pottery, and other man-made objects that humans would have used in the past during this time frame. Since these human artifacts are limited to account for the perceived time frame of existence, the young earth position is strengthened.
Creationists also believe that the agriculture timeline is overestimated by evolutionists and that the actual timeline dates back only about 4,500 years, shortly after the global Genesis Flood, which completely altered the landscape. Therefore, evolutionists believe that modern humans have evolved for over 200,000 years as hunters and gatherers using stone tools and suddenly within the last few thousand years developed modern agriculture and written documents. This analysis seems unlikely as humans should have developed agriculture and written records much earlier in their history than evolutionists believe. In addition, the oldest human settlements on earth today were developed less than 5,000 years ago and there is no evidence of any older settlements.
Creationists also dispute modern radio-carbon dating methods used by evolutionists, which generally overestimate the true age of human artifacts by twice or three times the actual age. Creationists also dispute the use of radio-isotope dating methods on fossils by evolutionists, which commonly give ages in the millions of years for fossils that should be dated in the few thousands of years.
Evolutionists also commonly mistake primate fossils or extinct primate fossils for human skeletons because of their belief that humans "evolved" from primates or had a common ancestor. If modern humans have been inhabiting the earth for more than 200,000 years, there should be a much higher world population than the current world population of six to seven billion people based on the human population growth rates of countries around the world.
There should also be many more human fossils found in the strata, however there are a very small number of human fossils that have been found to date, in addition to a very small number of mammalian fossils as most fossils are of marine origin. In addition, creationists point toward the lack of "transitional fossils" or the lack of intermediate fossils comprising the supposed gradual evolution from the primate common ancestor to modern humans.
The evidence points toward a human history of only several thousand years, and this chronology complies with the biblical creationist timeline of 6,000 years and approximately 4,500 years since the global Genesis Flood.
