This is a follow-up to my previous post on the 15 juvenile dinosaur fossils found in a nest. In that post I mentioned one of the explanations by flood geologists (ie. young earth creationists) for the presence of fossilized dinosaur eggs in the fossil record is that dinosaurs somehow escaped the initial stages of... Continue Reading →
Juvenile Dinosaur Fossils in a Nest: Testimony to Rapid Burial but Not by a Flood
Another remarkable fossils find has been reported in the past few days. This involves 15 complete or nearly complete fossils of juvenile dinosaurs all preserved in what is apparently a large 2-3 foot wide nest. I have obtained the original journal article that described this fossil find in detail. The paper "A nest... Continue Reading →
Atacama Whale Fossils – Huge Find of Modern Whale Fossils in Chile
A story of a spectacular whale fossil find in the Atacama desert of Chile has recently been reported. The best pictures of the site can be found HERE along with the story. In the picture here you can clearly seen the outline of a baleen whale (like a bowhead or blue whale). There are likely... Continue Reading →
Dating the Earth: Amino Acid Racemization
I have taken part in many discussions on internet discussion boards with pastors and lay Christians concerning science and the age of the earth. Here is comment made in just such a discussion more than 10 years ago: >As I understand it, the "old earth" position bases its beliefs on >an unknowable fact. It is... Continue Reading →
Ray to Llwyd: On Formed Stones and Mammalian Fossils
This is part of a continuing a series of posts on John Ray's correspondences. Quotes are from the publication of Ray’s letters (Further Correspondence of John Ray) edited by Robert W. T. Gunther and printed for the Ray Society in 1928. The first is from a letter to Mr. Edward Llwyd at the Museum of... Continue Reading →
Covered in Shells: How many fossils are there?
SUMMARY: Below I calculate the number of fossils in the Midwest region from some of my own observations and knowledge of the area. I conclude that at a minimum there are enough fossils in just this one set of rock strata in the Midwest US to cover the entire earth with 20 small shells (little... Continue Reading →