Fossil Record
The Most Horrific Graveyard in the World
Secularists believe that most of the fossil record, which spreads over the majority of the earth’s surface, was laid down over hundreds of millions of years—long before man appeared on the earth. The Bible clearly shows that thorns, disease, and carnivory originated after Adam’s sin.
The Order of the Fossil Record
The fossil record is still believed to be “exhibit A” for evolution. Most geologists insist the sedimentary rock layers were deposited gradually over vast eons of time. In reality, it can only be dogmatically asserted that the fossil record is the record of the order in which animals and plants were buried and fossilized.
Fossils of Sea Creatures Above Sea Level
It is beyond dispute among geologists that on every continent we find fossils of sea creatures in rock layers which today are high above sea level. There is only one possible explanation for this phenomenon—the ocean waters at some time in the past flooded over the continents.
Fossil Record Doesn’t Agree with Darwinian Evolution
Most evolutionists now recognize the fossil record as primarily a record of catastrophes, both local and global—quite similar to creationists’ views chalking most of the fossil record up to the work of the global Flood.
Articles About Fossil Record
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Aug. 27, 2025 from Feedback
If there really was a global flood as described in Genesis, what would we expect to see today? Where are all the fossils of pre-flood humans?
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June 23, 2025 from Ken Ham Blog
So evolution is being rewritten . . . again! Yes, this seems to happen every week with some aspect of evolution or big bang cosmology.
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Nov. 12, 2023 from Answers Magazine
How much do we really know about all those human and ape fossils displayed in museums and textbooks? The dating methods aren’t as rock-solid as most people assume.
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Jan. 21, 2021 from Ken Ham Blog
Evolutionists claim fossil found in the Ediacaran layer to be ancestor to Cambrian creatures—while ignoring the more credible and biblical explanation.
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Nov. 21, 2020 from Answers in Depth
Though evolutionists point to the fossil record, fossils are often found where they are not expected which frequently cause revisions to their timelines.
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July 22, 2019 from Ken Ham Blog
Recently, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of lizard inside the stomach of a microraptor, what they call a type of “gliding dinosaur.”
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March 29, 2019 from Ken Ham Blog
After examining a fossil left in a storage box, scientists made a surprising discovery—this fossilized bird was preserved with her unlaid egg still inside her.
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Sept. 2, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
Since the time of Darwin, evolutionists have looked to the fossil record for historical evidence of evolution.
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Aug. 26, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
What does the fossil evidence say, and does it really support the evolutionary view of origins—or is it perhaps more consistent with Creation?
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July 31, 2016 from Answers Magazine
What is the first animal at the bottom of the fossil record? Most people think it’s in the Cambrian, among the trilobites. Not so.
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Dec. 23, 2015 from Countering the Culture
Geologists claim their work with the fossil Dicynodon shows that the supposed terrestrial mass extinction happened before the marine extinction.
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Magazine ArticleCincinnati—Built on a Fossil GraveyardNov. 16, 2014 from Answers Magazine
The Creation Museum was built on top of one of the most well-stocked and uniquely well-preserved “fossil graveyards” on the planet.
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Oct. 18, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Are autumn’s colors explained by the Yucatan impact crater?
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In-Depth ArticleCanada’s New Cambrian Explosion: Burgess Shale Chapter TwoMarch 1, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Rich new fossil bed promises to revolutionize evolutionary understanding of the Cambrian explosion.
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Book ChapterDoesn’t the Order of Fossils in the Rock Record Favor Long Ages?Feb. 25, 2014 from The New Answers Book 2
The fossil record is hardly “the record of life in the geologic past” that so many scientists incorrectly espouse, assuming a long prehistory for the earth and life on it.
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Researchers Devise Alternate Theory For Cambrian ExplosionDec. 3, 2011 from News to Know
Cambrian secrets of small beginnings
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Nov. 13, 2011 from Answers Magazine
It’s a record of death, of disease, of violence—the most horrific graveyard in the world.
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Birds Buried with Dinos at K-T BoundaryOct. 8, 2011 from News to Know
Assorted archaic birds buried with dinosaurs up to the K-T boundary.
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Sulphuric Fossils Give Insight On Ancient EarthAug. 27, 2011 from News to Know
Sulfur-based life: for real? And what does Australian sandstone have to do with Mars?
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Not-So-Ancient AlgaeApril 23, 2011 from News to Know
Tiny fossils of algae found at the edge of Loch Torridon in Scotland have been hailed as evidence that life evolved in freshwater and on land a billion years ago.
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Book ChapterThe Fossil RecordJan. 27, 2011 from Evolution Exposed: Earth Science
Extensive fossil graveyards and coal deposits are more consistent with a global catastrophe than with slow and steady processes over millions of years.
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Magazine ArticleCompleteness of the Fossil RecordDec. 8, 2010 from Answers Magazine
Creationists predict that we have a nearly complete record of all species that ever lived.
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Fossil Record Against Darwinian EvolutionNov. 13, 2010
The fossil record doesn’t agree with Darwinian evolution: are evolutionists finally catching up to this long-time creationist claim?
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