Fossils

Throughout the world’s rock layers there are billions of fossils, the remains of organisms that were catastrophically buried largely during the global Flood (2348 BC). Understandably the vast majority of these are marine creatures and they were buried quickly and sequentially by habitat.

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The Making of a Fossil

Do fossils require millions of years to form? Hardly! Even secular geologists now recognize that rocks form very quickly.

Fossils of Dinosaur National Monument

Each visitor to Dinosaur National Monument sees the same evidence—massive amounts of dinosaur (and other) fossils all jumbled together. How one explains the formation of this fossil bed depends on one’s worldview. When viewed from a biblical perspective, the evidence is consistent with what one would expect from a worldwide Flood.

Putting Fossils Back Together

This research reminds us of the caution we should accord to every fossil reconstruction. Especially when it comes to supposed “ape-men” like Lucy, Ardi, and others, we must be aware of the fact that evolutionary ideas may be (consciously or subconsciously) guiding the reconstruction.

Five Fossil Mysteries

We can never answer all the questions. But with practice at “fossil sleuthing” from a biblical perspective, at least we can get better and better at evaluating each new discovery in a God-honoring way that might yield new insights into God’s person and work.

Fossils Topics

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Dinosaur Bones

The presence of soft tissue in dinosaur bones cries out for a young earth, not for millions of years. These not-so-dry bones support the Bible’s history!

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Dinosaur Footprints

Dinosaur bones aren’t the only artifacts left behind by these creatures. Fossilized footprints point toward the watery cataclysm that buried the dinosaurs.

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Fossil Record

The fossil record, billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth, is dramatic evidence of the historicity of Noah’s Flood.

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How Are Fossils Formed?

Do fossils really require millions of years to form? The evidence shouts no! A lot of water and a little bit of time rapidly laid down the fossil record.

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Living Fossils

Living fossils, organisms previously known only through the fossil record and having no close living relatives, pose a grim threat to the evolutionary paradigm.

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Transitional Fossils

Evolution predicts a fossil record bursting with transitional fossils. Curiously, there are only a handful of highly-disputed fossils that are claimed as such.

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Types of Fossils

The fossil record shows more biodiversity than our current ecosystems. This incredible diversity clearly demonstrates the handiwork of the Creator!

Articles About Fossils

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Dinosaurs: Parts of the World

Jan. 1, 2023 from Answers Magazine
Paleontologists have dusted off 45 new dinosaur species every year since 2003, and many of these discoveries unearthed dinosaurs with especially unique features.
Were Plesiosaurs Both Marine and Freshwater Animals?

Sept. 3, 2022
How creationists can interpret unique plesiosaur fossil evidence in a flood context
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Soft Tissue in Fossils

July 18, 2021 from Answers Magazine
Ask the average layperson how he or she knows that the earth is millions or billions of years old, and that person will probably mention the dinosaurs.
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Santana Fossils—Delighting in the Details

March 7, 2021 from Answers Magazine
The fine details preserved in fossils mystify evolutionists but not paleontologists who believe in the Genesis flood.
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Living Fossils—Here, There, and Everywhere

Jan. 1, 2020 from Answers Magazine
Evolutionists like to talk about change, so how do they explain so many living creatures that look like their fossilized ancestors?
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The End of the Trail: Horseshoe Crabs

Nov. 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine
Horseshoe crabs are called “living fossils” because the ones you see in aquariums today look the same as their ancestors deep in the fossil record.
In-Depth Article
Hoatzin Bird: Evidence Against Evolutionary Ideas

Jan. 18, 2019 from Answers in Depth
The hoatzin is a very unique bird, a conglomeration of traits typical of birds, reptiles, and mammals. Its most unique features are distinctly un-birdlike.
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Ichthyosaur: Evidence of Design and the Flood

Oct. 16, 2018 from Answers in Depth
Ichthyosaurus is well studied, and research on their skeletons has provided evidence for incredible design and the global flood.
Fascinating Fossils: Glimpse the Creation Museum’s Collection

Oct. 11, 2017
Fossils act as a record preserved to teach us about the earth’s past, to confirm Scripture, and to glorify God. They can be found everywhere from the bottom of canyons to mountain peaks and maybe even in your back yard.
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Dinosaur Tissue

Oct. 20, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Despite a large body of evidence for the authenticity of the dinosaur tissue, there remains a pattern of denial within the evolutionist community.
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Amazingly Preserved Leaves

Oct. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine
Beautifully preserved fossils are so common that we overlook how unusual they are.
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Monkey Teeth: Proof of God’s Post-Flood Provisions

June 28, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Animals can show up in the oddest places and make evolutionists scratch their heads as is the case with the newly discovered monkey fossils.
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3.1 The Fossil Evidence—Introduction

March 28, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
Can changes from molecules-to-man (macroevolution) be explained by (extrapolated from) the process of mutation-selection (microevolution)?
Ancient Tropical “Transitional” Forests Found Fossilized in the Arctic

March 17, 2016
Thus this fossil-bearing sedimentary rock sequence on Spitsbergen is better understood from the biblical perspective of the eyewitness account in Genesis.
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Preserved Cretaceous Collagen and Dinosaur Blood: Common Clues to a Catastrophic Past?

June 22, 2015 from Answers in Depth
Evolutionists have come to largely accept the fact that soft tissues can be preserved in fossils for an extraordinarily long time. But millions of years . . . ?
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I Must Go Down to the Seas Again

April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, whose discovery was hailed last November, is being hailed as an evolutionary link, but this characterization is premature.
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Grounds for Reevaluation

April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
The fossil of a creature resembling a groundhog that lived during the time of dinosaurs has become an anomaly for evolutionists.
Common Ancestor Hidden in Burgess Shale

March 10, 2012 from News to Know
Burgess Shale said to shelter “the most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans.”
Which Version of History Do Fossils Reflect?

March 10, 2012 from News to Know
Fossil diversity “accurately reflects history”—but which version of history?
Embryos or Spores?

Jan. 7, 2012 from News to Know
Barking up the wrong multicellular tree
Classifying the Blue Whale by Jaw Type

Aug. 27, 2011 from News to Know
Another big mouth beast becomes an honorary member of the baleen club.
More Microfossils

June 25, 2011 from News to Know
Algae to bones . . . what’s the difference?
Lizard Found Trapped in Amber

Oct. 30, 2010
We’ve all seen photographs of insects, arachnids, and other small creatures trapped in amber. But a lizard?
Oldest Found Remains of Animals

Aug. 21, 2010
Last week it was the oldest remains of the earth. This week, it’s the oldest remains of animals.