News to Note, April 12, 2008

A weekly feature examining news from the biblical viewpoint

A shocking discovery, more “life from space” claims, strange creatures, and more!

This week:

Shock treatment
“Life from a meteorite” strikes again
Snakes, legs, evolution, and Genesis 3
Don’t hold your breath, froggy
First Americans’ coprolite gives interesting story

1. First Creature on Earth Significantly More Complex

Might a new scientific find be so “shocking” to scientists because it goes against the predictions of evolutionary history?

2. Meteorites Thought to Have Aided in Formation of Life

Finally, evolutionists have the hypothesis they need to show that it requires no faith whatsoever to believe that we weren’t created. Or, wait—we have that backwards.

3. Fossilized Snake with Legs Found In Lebanon

The strange monster is back: a snake with legs!

4. First Lungless Frog Found

Scientists have officially recorded a frog, Barbourula kalimantanensis, that has no lungs but instead breathes through its skin.

5. Feces Give Clues to Confirm the origins of Native American Inhabitants

Coprolites found in a cave in Oregon may confirm that all the original inhabitants of the Americas came from East Asia.

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