Fossils and Creation Science
Fossils are often used by young earth creation
science advocates as proving a young earth. These articles address various
issues with the young earth creation science claims about fossils.
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General Fossil Issues
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Ida - Transitional Fossil - A new 47 million year old fossil is being hailed as a transitional fossil. Are young earth attacks on the fossil valid?
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Arctic Fossil Turtle - Does a fossil of a normally tropical turtle, found in the Arctic, disprove an old earth? Not when you consider all the evidence!
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The World's a Graveyard - Addresses a young earth claim based on fossil beds that are rich in fossils
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High & Dry Sea Creatures - A young earth argument based on marine fossils being found high on mountains
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Transitional Fossils - Why this argument is invalid for young earth creationists
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The Fossil Record – Are old-earth theories weakened by a changing fossil record?
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Human Fossils – Young-earth proponents claim there would not be any human fossils from the Flood of Noah. Can this be true?
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Fossil Footprints – Do fossil trackways prove a young earth?
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Buried Birth – Do rapidly buried fossils prove a young earth?
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Fossil Pollen – Does previously undiscovered fossil pollen in pre-Cambrian rocks disprove old age?
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Insect Beds – Do fossil insects give evidence of Noah’s Flood?
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Chapter 15 – Where Are All the Human Fossils? From the review of "The Answers Book"
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Chapter 7 - Fossils. From the review of "Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe"
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The Moab Man - Is the Moab (or "Malachite Man") really Cretaceous (150 million years old)
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Fossil Tetrapods from Russia - Rebuttal of an article in Technical Journal
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Re-Dating Human Fossils - YEC Argument Provides no Problems for Old Earth Belief
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Living Fossils - They provide no proof of a young earth
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Polystrate Fossils - Are they proof of a young earth?
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Clarkia Fossil Claims - YEC distortions of the evidence to support their cause
Dinosaur Fossil Issues
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The Dinosaur Mummy - Counters False Young Earth Claim about the Preservation of Dinosaur Soft Tissue
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Pioneer Paleontologists – What is the meaning of rock art with dinosaurs, drawn by Indians 800 years ago?
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The Paluxy Dinosaur/"Man Track" Controversy - Excellent rebuttal of the young earth claim that Dinosaurs and Man walked the earth at the same time
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Aboriginal Dinosaurs – Do reports from Aboriginals add up to dinosaur sightings?
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Dinosaur Evidences for an Old Earth - Dinosaurs proves that the earth is old
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T-Rex Blood Cells? - Have T-rex blood cells actually been found?
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Icky Ichthyosaur Claim - A slick article on AiG's website gets turned upside down
Petrified Wood Issues
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Petrified Deception - Exactly what is the meaning of the term “Petrified?”
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More Petrified Young Earth Claims - Young Earth proponents continue to offer misleading information about the process of petrification
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs – Are fossil trees proof of Noah’s Flood?
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Yellowstone Petrified Forests – Rebuttal of the Petrified forest theory
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Redwood Hoax? – Redwood Trees provide no evidence for Noah’s Flood
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Flinders Fossil – Half-fossilized wood proves…nothing!