It Does Not Take Millions of Years

How to Form a Fossil

by Ken Ham on May 15, 2017

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Evolutionary teaching has indoctrinated us to think it takes millions of years to make a fossil—but it doesn’t! Even secular geologists admit that all it takes are the right conditions.

To make a fossil, you must bury a plant or animal quickly. This keeps it from being eaten … or to rot away. Once buried, the organism can mineralize and become a fossil.

This process doesn’t take millions of years. It can happen very quickly. For example, a miner left his hat in a mine, and a few years later it was as hard as rock!

So, what happened in the past that quickly buried billions of creatures we find fossilized today? Well, the Bible’s history provides the answer: the global Flood of Noah’s day!

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