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.

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• Jigsaw Puzzle Challenge

  Dec. 5, 2009 from News to Know

  Reassembling half-billion-year-old fossils from bone fragments: a task so complicated that only computers can handle it?

• 18-Million-Year-Old Muscle

  Nov. 14, 2009 from News to Know

  Fossilized soft tissue has been found in a salamander fossil said to be 18 million years old.

• Prehistoric Ink

  Aug. 22, 2009 from News to Know

  Scientists cannot only write about amazing fossil discoveries; now, they can write with one!

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  Dinosaur National Monument in Utah

  July 31, 2008 from Wonders of Geology

  Dinosaur National Monument houses one of the largest on-location dinosaur fossil displays in the entire world.

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• An Example of Circular Reasoning

  June 4, 2007 from Responding to Protestors’ Propaganda

  The fossil record is more like a record of the effects of sin when the Flood demolished the vast majority of life on earth, creating massive fossil graveyards.

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  Dead Whales: Telling Tales?

  Sept. 1, 2004, pp. 10–14

  “We knew it was a great find,” said paleontologist Leonard Brand about the fossil whales he saw in Peru in 1999, 350 km (200 miles) south of Lima, the capital.

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  Buried Birth

  June 1, 1997, pp. 38–39

  There is an exquisitely preserved fossil of an extinct marine reptile called an ichthyosaur. The mother ichthyosaur is shown having almost completed giving birth to a live infant.

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  Fossil Expert Says ... Think Weird!

  Dec. 1, 1995, pp. 42–44

  Can 'thinking weird' help creationists? Dr Kurt Wise believes so, and he encourages his students to break new ground in their thinking by doing just that.

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  When Did the Fossils ‘Die’?

  March 1, 1992, pp. 12–13

  We can’t prove, from a strictly scientific perspective, the Flood of Noah. But the nature of the fossil records is just what we would expect to see from the record of the Bible.

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  The Fossils Say What?

  March 1, 1982, pp. 33–34

  Some of the most devastating attacks on evolution by creationists have been associated with the fossil record.

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  Fossil Fuss

  Oct. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  How could “the greatest promoter of creationism in Alberta,” Edgar Nernberg, be the discoverer of some of the most significant fish fossils in recent history?

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  The Greatest Absence of Evolution Ever Reported

  Oct. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  Can an organism survive billions of years of evolution without evolving?

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