- Series:Animals, Fossils, Transcript English
Psalm 104:30
“Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.”
Living fossils are creatures believed to be extinct and known only through the fossil record. The most famous living fossil is the Coelacanth. It is a fish, and textbooks claim it has been extinct for 70 million years according to the evolutionary timetable. Now we know that schools of them live in the Indian Ocean.
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To make the claim that a creature is extinct is really only an opinion until the entire Earth has been searched and no living specimen found. Another example based upon opinion is the trilobite, said to typify the Cambrian period. Textbooks regard it as an index fossil, indicating that any rocks in which its fossil is found must therefore be Cambrian. The index fossil system was placed in serious question again when living trilobites were found. Other living fossils used to date rock layers are the Graptolites. They supposedly lived 300 million years ago, and so have been considered a reliable indicator of that age. We know now that they are still with us.
The point is not just the discovery of creatures thought to be long extinct. The point is that opinions based upon their fossils are the foundation for the millions of years essential for the doctrine of evolution. As Scripture says, the foolishness of God, Who made all these creatures, is greater than the wisdom of man. p.a.b.
Prayer:
Thank You, dear Father, for the truth of Your Word, for I cannot rely on the wisdom of man. Amen.
Notes:
Back to Genesis, 11-2000, “The Profusion of Living Fossils.” Photo: Preserved specimen of a coelacanth. Courtesy of Alberto Fernandez Fernandez. (CC BY-SA 3.0)
