Living Fossils
Living Fossils
“Living fossil” typically describes a living organism that looks like a fossilized organism but has no close living relatives by evolutionary reckoning. While dinosaurs no longer walk the earth (as far as we know), we can still observe living examples of animals and plants that shared the world with dinosaurs.
Living Proof
“Living fossils” pose a conundrum. Why would some creatures remain virtually unchanged from those found in the fossil record, while others changed radically? The answer is easy for creationists.
Fish Story - Coelacanth
No one has told this allegedly 350-million-year-old fish that it was supposed to have been extinct for 65 or 70 million years, which is why it keeps turning up—and conveniently reminding us of the fallibility of the supposed indisputable science evolutionary paleontologists feed the public.
Spider Fossilized in Amber
Huntsman spiders have made no evolutionary progress or even any speciation changes since this one managed to get himself entombed. He appears as modern as his descendants. This fact does not surprise us, since we are confident that the amber is no more than a few thousand years old.
Articles About Living Fossils
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Magazine ArticleLiving Fossils: Busycon ContrariumSept. 1, 1995, pp. 6–7
Most of the public are unaware that there are literally thousands of different types of animals and plants which are alive and essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils.
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Magazine ArticleLiving Fossils: AnthedonsJune 1, 1995, pp. 52–53
Most of the public are unaware that there are literally thousands of different types of animals and plants which are alive and essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils.
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Magazine ArticleLiving Fossils: PleurotomariasMarch 1, 1995, pp. 52–53
Most of the public are unaware that there are literally thousands of different types of animals and plants which are alive and essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils.
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Magazine ArticleSensational Australian Tree . . . Like “Finding a Live Dinosaur”March 1, 1995, pp. 13–14
Any time someone finds a “living fossil” this supports the creation model by showing that things either have not evolved, or the vast ages are not real—or both.
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Magazine ArticleLiving FossilsDec. 1, 1994, pp. 28–29
There are literally thousands of different types of animals and plants which are alive and essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils. The polistes wasp is one example.
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Magazine ArticleLiving Fossils: Antrimpos and PenaeusMarch 1, 1994, pp. 6–7
It could hardly be more obvious that this shrimp is essentially the same as this fossil shrimp. Yet according to evolutionary theory, they are separated by an alleged 150 million years.
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Magazine ArticleLiving Fossils: Ferns and CrabsDec. 1, 1993, pp. 6–7
There are literally hundreds of different types of animals and plants which are alive and well and which are essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils.
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Magazine ArticleLiving Fossils: Flowers and FishSept. 1, 1993, pp. 45–46
Most of the public are unaware that there are literally hundreds of different types of animals and plants which are alive and which are essentially unchanged from the way they appear as fossils.
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Magazine Article‘Living Fossil’ in Australian CavesSept. 1, 1993, pp. 23–24
A rare blind crustacean has been found in Jenolan Caves in New South Wales, Australia.
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Magazine ArticleRare Fossil Insect Discovery by Creationist Confirms ‘No Change’Sept. 1, 1992, pp. 20–21
In Caribbean amber (fossilized tree resin which may contain the bodies of insects), originally lent to the writer for identification of its enclosed insects, an unusual specimen caught his attention.
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