Truth in science
When no evidence is evidence ....
The popular media makes much ado about so-called 'living fossils'. Some, like the coelacanth fish and wollemi pine were found to be still living when they were previously thought to have been extinct, having left no trace in the fossil record for many millions of years (according to uniformitarian, geological interpretation).
But other well publicised examples are: the lungfish, horseshoe crab, ginkgo tree, tuatara lizard, silverfish and cycad tree. These 'living fossils' are always substantially unchanged from their fossil form and show no evolutionary progression.
However, it is not so widely known that almost every creature/plant alive today can also be regarded as a 'living fossil' inasmuch as EVERY creature/plant alive today that has been found as a fossil is substantially unchanged from its fossil form and shows no evolutionary advance after an alleged umpteen million years.
For example, look at the earliest fossil of a bat, it is 100% bat, as complete and fully functional as any bat today.
The same goes for any other creature/plant you can name: ants, spiders, beetles, bees, mosquitoes, cockroaches, sharks, turtles, crocodiles, jellyfish, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, nautilus, shellfish, elephants, pigs, hippos, maples, redwoods, magnolias, ferns etc. etc.
Some creatures, such as the dragonfly, were larger in the past, but apart from a size variation they are similar in every other respect.
All we see in the fossil record is either extinct types, or unchanged (un-evolved) types.
While the officially recognised 'living fossils', such as the coelacanth fish, receive massive publicity, very little is said about these other unofficial 'living fossils'. However, they are just as important as evidence in the history of life on earth as the official ones.
To sum up, no 'living fossil', whether official or unofficial, shows any evidence of evolution.
But amazingly, the officially recognised 'living fossils' are frequently presented throughout the popular media as powerful evidence for evolution.
Why?
Apparently, because Charles Darwin predicted that some fossils might be found which would show that some living things had escaped evolutionary pressures and remained virtually unchanged, these official, non evolved, 'living fossils' prove that Darwin was correct!
So, in the topsy-turvy world of evolutionist belief - - -
NO evidence of any evolution is claimed as evidence FOR evolution.
If you think that is serious science, then how about the story of the frog prince?
Unofficial, 'living fossils' in the picture:
Top (from left to right) beetle, crab, maple leaf.
Bottom (left to right) fish, lobster, fish.
Footnote: If you think the idea - that evolutionists claim NO evidence of any evolution as evidence FOR evolution - is just creationist propaganda, think again ...
Cited below is an example (which beats all the examples mentioned above). The living fossil of an organism completely un-evolved for an alleged 2 billion years is claimed by evolutionists to support evolution.
From: Science Daily, 3rd February 2015....
”The greatest absence of evolution ever reported has been discovered by an international group of scientists: a type of deep-sea microorganism that appears not to have evolved over more than 2 billion years. But the researchers say that the organisms' lack of evolution actually supports Charles Darwin's theory of evolution."
Read the whole article here:
When no evidence is evidence ....
The popular media makes much ado about so-called 'living fossils'. Some, like the coelacanth fish and wollemi pine were found to be still living when they were previously thought to have been extinct, having left no trace in the fossil record for many millions of years (according to uniformitarian, geological interpretation).
But other well publicised examples are: the lungfish, horseshoe crab, ginkgo tree, tuatara lizard, silverfish and cycad tree. These 'living fossils' are always substantially unchanged from their fossil form and show no evolutionary progression.
However, it is not so widely known that almost every creature/plant alive today can also be regarded as a 'living fossil' inasmuch as EVERY creature/plant alive today that has been found as a fossil is substantially unchanged from its fossil form and shows no evolutionary advance after an alleged umpteen million years.
For example, look at the earliest fossil of a bat, it is 100% bat, as complete and fully functional as any bat today.
The same goes for any other creature/plant you can name: ants, spiders, beetles, bees, mosquitoes, cockroaches, sharks, turtles, crocodiles, jellyfish, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, nautilus, shellfish, elephants, pigs, hippos, maples, redwoods, magnolias, ferns etc. etc.
Some creatures, such as the dragonfly, were larger in the past, but apart from a size variation they are similar in every other respect.
All we see in the fossil record is either extinct types, or unchanged (un-evolved) types.
While the officially recognised 'living fossils', such as the coelacanth fish, receive massive publicity, very little is said about these other unofficial 'living fossils'. However, they are just as important as evidence in the history of life on earth as the official ones.
To sum up, no 'living fossil', whether official or unofficial, shows any evidence of evolution.
But amazingly, the officially recognised 'living fossils' are frequently presented throughout the popular media as powerful evidence for evolution.
Why?
Apparently, because Charles Darwin predicted that some fossils might be found which would show that some living things had escaped evolutionary pressures and remained virtually unchanged, these official, non evolved, 'living fossils' prove that Darwin was correct!
So, in the topsy-turvy world of evolutionist belief - - -
NO evidence of any evolution is claimed as evidence FOR evolution.
If you think that is serious science, then how about the story of the frog prince?
Unofficial, 'living fossils' in the picture:
Top (from left to right) beetle, crab, maple leaf.
Bottom (left to right) fish, lobster, fish.
Footnote: If you think the idea - that evolutionists claim NO evidence of any evolution as evidence FOR evolution - is just creationist propaganda, think again ...
Cited below is an example (which beats all the examples mentioned above). The living fossil of an organism completely un-evolved for an alleged 2 billion years is claimed by evolutionists to support evolution.
From: Science Daily, 3rd February 2015....
”The greatest absence of evolution ever reported has been discovered by an international group of scientists: a type of deep-sea microorganism that appears not to have evolved over more than 2 billion years. But the researchers say that the organisms' lack of evolution actually supports Charles Darwin's theory of evolution."
Read the whole article here: