What does the fossil record teach us about evolution?
What does the fossil record really teach concerning the theory of evolution? Do the fossils demonstrate the progression from simple structures to complex organisms? The following facts need to be considered:
- Abrupt appearance of animals. All the different, basic kinds of animals appear abruptly and fully functional in the strata - with no proof of ancestors. "Evolution requires intermediate forms between species and paleontology does not provide them." (David Kitts, paleontologist and Evolutionist) Darwin was embarrassed by the fossil record. It contains no proof for macroevolution of animals.
- Plants appear abruptly, too. Evolutionist Edred J.H. Corner: "
I still think that to the unprejudiced, the fossil record of plants is in favor of special creation." (Evolution in Contemporary Thought, 1961, p.97) Scientists have been unable to find an Evolutionary history (beginning to end) for even one group of modern plants.
- Animals unchanged. Contrary to common belief, most fossils are not of extinct types of animals. Most fossils are very similar (and often totally identical) to creatures living today. It is said there are many more living species of animals than there are types known only as fossils. If Evolution is true, one may wonder why the case is not just the reverse! Evolutionary history is supposed to be filled with temporary, intermediate stages of Evolution, from amoeba to man.
- Sufficient fossils. There is a continuing lack of evidence for Evolution despite an enormous number of fossils. Although scientists will continue to discover new varieties of fossil animals and plants, it is generally agreed that the millions of fossils already discovered (and the sediments already explored) provide a reliable indication of which way the evidence is going. That is, there will continue to be little or no fossil evidence found to support Evolutionism.
- Fast strata formation. There is increasing evidence that many sedimentary rocks, which some thought took thousands or millions of years to accumulate, almost certainly were deposited in only months, days, hours, or minutes.
- Rapid coal formation. The old Evolutionary theory about coal forming in swamps is wrong. There is increasing evidence that massive coal deposits were formed in deep flood waters. Various coal layers in the U.S. consist mainly of sheets of tree bark abraded from huge masses of uprooted trees. The bark layers were buried in mud and carbonized into coal. Coal formation is relatively quick when heat is applied.
- Fossilization requires very special conditions. Dinosaur and other fossils could not have formed in the way suggested by most Evolutionary books. Animals almost never fossilize unless they are buried quickly and deeply - before scavengers, bacteria and erosion reduce them to dust. Such conditions are highly unusual. In almost all cases, the very existence of the fossils, in the types and numbers discovered, strongly indicates catastrophic conditions were involved in their burial and preservation. Without such conditions, there seems to be no plausible way to explain their existence. Huge dinosaurs, huge schools of fish, and many diverse animals are found entombed by massive muddy sediments which hardened into rock. Almost all fossils are found in water-laid sediments.
- Wrong order for evolution. It has been reported that "80 to 85% of Earth's land surface does not have even 3 geologic periods appearing in 'correct' consecutive order" for Evolution.
The fossil record does not provide evidence in support for Evolution.
"Fossils are a great embarrassment to Evolutionary theory and offer strong support for the concept of Creation." (
Dr. Gary Parker, Ph.D., Biologist/paleontologist and former Evolutionist)
LOL
They believe kids rode dinosaurs.
They also only go back to the dinosaurs and don't realize there was another huge group of animals BEFORE the dinosaurs.
Before the Dinosaurs - Pelycosaurs, Archosaurs, and Therapsids
The Story of the Reptiles that Preceded the Dinosaurs
Like archeologists discovering the ruins of a previously unknown civilization buried deep beneath an ancient city, dinosaur enthusiasts are sometimes astonished to learn that entirely different kinds of reptiles once ruled the earth, tens of millions of years before famous dinosaurs like
Tyrannosaurus Rex,
Velociraptor and
Stegosaurus. For approximately 120 million years--from the Carboniferous to the middle Triassic periods--terrestrial life was dominated by the pelycosaurs, archosaurs, and therapsids (the so-called "mammal-like reptiles") that preceded the dinosaurs. (See a complete, A to Z list of
non-dinosaur reptiles, a gallery of
therapsid pictures, a gallery of
archosaur pictures, and a gallery of
pelycosaur pictures.)
Of course, before there could be archosaurs (much less full-blown dinosaurs), nature had to evolve the first genuine reptile.
Pelycosaurs, Archosaurs and Therapsids - All About the Pelycosaurs, Archosaurs and Therapsids that Preceded the Dinosaurs
DIMETRODON grandis
"Dimetrodon - ancestor of the mammals belonged to the family called Pelycosaurs, which had both mammal and reptile characteristics. Dimetrodon preceded the earliest dinosaurs by more than 40 million years but physically it looked a lot like one. "
Was NOT a dinosaur and was the top predator during the Early Permian period. If it wasn't for the way he evolved you quite likely wouldn't have a brain. He was the first to evolve jaw muscles that allowed brain size to increase. Before him, the jaw muscles of animals didn't let the brain evolve bigger. So they leave out the whole permian period and the whole permian period extintion of 95% of all life on earth and IT EVOLVED BACK TO THE DINOSAURS>
Lets start with their first lie.
" All the different, basic kinds of animals appear abruptly and fully functional in the strata - with no proof of ancestors. "Evolution requires intermediate forms between species and paleontology does not provide them."
'Missing Links' Reveal Truth About Evolution
With the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin this week, people around the world are celebrating his role as the father of evolutionary theory.
Events and press releases are geared, in part, to combat false claims made by some who would discredit the theory.
One frequently cited "hole" in the theory: Creationists claim there are no transitional fossils, aka "missing links."
Biologists and paleontologists, among others, know this claim is false.
PHOTOS: 7 Major "Missing Links" Since Darwin
Tiktaalik: The "Fishapod"
Illustration by Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
For the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth (February 12, 2009), National Geographic News asked leading scientists for their picks of the most important fossils that show evolution in actionseven of which are presented here, starting with this "fishapod."
Discovered in Arctic Canada in 2004, 375 million-year-old
Tiktaalik had not only gills and scales but traits of a tetrapod (four-legged land animal), including limblike fins, ribs, a flexible neck, and a croc-shaped head.
Why it matters: Tiktaalik is seen as evidence of the period when our aquatic ancestors began moving ashorealong with other fins-to-limbs fossils, such as
Acanthostega (
Acanthostega picture), the most primitive known tetrapod.
The discoveries of these and other "missing link" species have helped dispel what Darwin called perhaps "the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory" of evolution--the former lack of transitional fossil species.
February 11, 2009
PHOTOS: 7 Major "Missing Links" Since Darwin
So their first statements are lies.