Fossils
unearthed to date possess two very important features,
both of which conflict with the claims of the theory of
evolution:
1. Stasis: Species
exhibit no changes throughout the course of their existence
on Earth. Whatever the structure they display when they
first appear in the fossil record, they have that same
structure when they finally disappear from it. Morphological
(shape) change is generally minor and follows no specific
direction.
2. Sudden Appearance:
No species ever emerges gradually through differentiation
from its alledged forebears; it appears suddenly and "fully
formed."
The significance of these two points is that living things
were created, with no process of evolution and no intermediate
stages to go through. They did not subsequently acquire
the characteristics they possess, but had them since the
moment of their creation.
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Darwin himself knew that the fossil record refutes his
theory of evolution, but Darwinists have been reluctant
to ever admit it. In the chapter titled "Difficulties
on Theory" in his book The Origin of Species, Darwin
admitted that the fossil record could not be explained
in terms of the theory of evolution:
Why, if species have descended from other species by
insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable
transitional forms? Why is not all nature in confusion
instead of the species being, as we see them, well defined?
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But, as by this theory innumerable transitional forms
must have existed, why do we not find them embedded in
countless numbers in the crust of the earth?… Why
then is not every geological formation and every stratum
full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does
not reveal any such finely graduated organic chain; and
this, perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection
which can be urged against my theory.(Charles Darwin,
The Origin of Species, Oxford University Press, New York,
1998, pp. 140, 141, 227)
The argument that Darwin proposed in the face of the lack
of intermediate form fossils—to the effect that "there
are no intermediate forms now, but they may be found through
subsequent research"—today no longer applies.
Present-day data show that the fossil record is extraordinarily
rich. Based on hundreds of millions of fossil specimens
obtained from different regions of the world, some 250,000
separate species have been described—many of which
bear an extraordinary resemblance to the approximately 1.5
billion species alive today. Given the absence of any intermediate
form despite such a wealthy fossil record, it is impossible
any such intermediate forms will emerge from new excavations.
The fossil record offers not a single example of an "intermediate
form" that evolutionists can use as evidence, but
does provide millions of specimens that demonstrate the
invalidity of evolution. The most important of these are
"living fossils," of which living specimens
are in existence today. They can be seen from the fossil
record to have lived in differing geological periods,
and are proof of creation, since no difference exists
between the living things of hundreds of millions of years
ago and present-day specimens. Darwinists are helpless
in the face of this situation.
All the living creatures in the fossil record appear
intact and in their perfect forms. For instance, before
crocodiles and squirrels, there exist no fossils belonging
to any strange creature partly resembling a crocodile,
and in other parts to a squirrel or other living creatures.
Squirrels have always remained squirrels, and crocodiles
have always remained crocodiles. All these facts reveal
that the claim of the theory of evolution, that "Living
beings have gradually evolved over millions of years of
time" is simply a product of imagination.
The evolutionist Niles Eldredge admits that they have
no explanation to offer on the subject of living fossils,
which represent just one of the countless secrets evolution
is unable to unravel:
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there seems to have been almost no change in any part
we can compare between the living organism and its fossilized
progenitors of the remote geological past. Living fossils
embody the theme of evolutionary stability to an extreme
degree.... We have not completely solved the riddle of
living to an extreme degree... We have not completely
solved the riddle of living fossils. (http://www. nwcreation.net/fossilsliving.html)
The "secret" that Niles Eldredge attempts to
unravel is actually a perfectly clear fact. Living fossils
prove that species did not undergo evolution, but were
created. However, Darwinists seek to ignore this fact
out of ideological concerns and persist in keeping alive
the dogmas of 150 years ago.
But the facts can now be determined much more clearly
than in Darwin's day. The number of people who understand
and choose to go along with the facts is rising, while
those who believe in fairy tales and never seek to question
them are ever fewer in number. Facts can no longer be
concealed and swept aside, as was the case in Darwin's
time. Genetics, microbiology, paleontology, geology and
all other branches of science constantly reveal a truth
that Darwin and the supporters of Darwinism never wanted
and perhaps never expected—the fact of creation.
The irrational and unscientific claims that Darwinists
make, the frauds they perpetrate to deceive the public,
and the propaganda they employ to mislead people are only
signs of their despair. Subsequent generations will be
amazed at how people once believed in the Darwinist myth.
Because all scientific findings show the manifest fact
that evolution never happened, and that God created the
universe and all living things.
[God is] the Lord of the heavens
and the Earth and everything in between them, if you are
people with certainty. There is no deity but Him—He
gives life and causes to die—your Lord and the Lord
of your forefathers, the previous peoples. Yet they play
around in doubt. (Surat ad-Dukhan, 7-9)
Among His signs is the creation
of the heavens and Earth and all the creatures He has
spread about in them. And He has the power to gather them
together whenever He wills. (Surat
ash-Shura, 29) This article is based on the works of Harun
Yahya
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INTRODUCTION
 Some
150 years ago, the British naturalist Charles Darwin
proposed a theory based on various observations
made during his travels, but which could not be
supported by any subsequent scientific findings.
In essence, his theory of evolution consisted of
various scenarios, ... MoreWHAT IS A FOSSIL?
 In
the broadest definition, a fossil is the remains
of a living thing that lived long ago and that has
survived down to the present day by being preserved
under natural conditions. The fossils that come
down to us are parts of an organism, or remains
left behind when the living thing concerned was
still alive ... More |
Fossil Specimens Discovered in The USA