Little Evidence of Evolution Seen in Colombian Rainforest

Plant fossils "millions of years old" look just like modern plants.

SUMMARY: A "gold mine" of "58 million-year-old" plant fossils discovered by U. of Florida researchers in a coal mine in Colombia (picture from Wikimedia Commons) shows the climate there has changed but not the vegetation. Evidence indicates the climate at one time was warmer and wetter, but the area's fossilized tropical plants look the same as today's flora, except they weren't as diverse. The Cerrejón formation containing this coal mine had earlier produced the fossil remains of a huge snake Florida researchers called Titanoboa, which is clearly related to today's boas and anacondas.

These discoveries pose the question of why after "58 million years" for evolution to take place, virtually no change has happened in this rainforest. Sometimes evolution theorists will say that a failure of creatures to evolve in a certain area is due to the lack of a change in the environment. However, the environment in this rainforest has clearly changed, so why not the plants? The scientists admitted that the “legumes, palms, avocado and banana — have maintained their ecological dominance despite major changes in South America’s climate and geological structure.”

To read the entire article, click on this link to ICR.

COMMENT: First, we have numerous examples of creatures that haven't changed in appearance in supposedly millions of years. Secondly, we have no indisputable examples of transitional forms either in the modern world or in the fossil record. Shouldn't the reasonable person conclude that the idea of one kind of creature changing into another lacks any support in nature?

The only dramatic changes in organisms that can be documented are not physical, but spiritual. For instance, many scientists have given up on the gods of evolution and concluded that there must be a living personal God who has planned and designed the world and the creatures we see in it today. Some of them have told their stories in the book, Persuaded by the Evidence.

True Christians rejoice every time a person, highly educated or not, comes to faith in the Creator God and his plan of salvation offered to everyone through Jesus Christ.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY

How many chicken eggs would it take to equal one ostrich egg in weight?

One ostrich egg weighs about 3 to 4 pounds -- the equivalent of around 24 chicken eggs! An ostrich can lay as many as 70 of these massive eggs in one year.

Source: www.usefultrivia.com

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