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== Fossil record ==

== Fossil record ==

[[Young Earth creationism|Biblical creationists]] (such as Gary E. Parker (creationist pastor)<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-c006.html What does the fossil record teach us about evolution?], [[Christian Answers]], accessed [[2009-05-03]]</ref><ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/philipg/detectives/anderson.html Books by Gary E. Parker], May be confused with another Gary E. Parker (Christian author), a Christian author.</ref> see most of the fossil record as a record of the burial of creatures during [[great Flood|Noah's Flood]], wherein the creatures dwelling on the seafloor were buried first, then other marine creatures, [[amphibian]]s, slow-moving reptiles, faster-moving mammals and birds, and finally, humans, the most able to escape the floodwaters the longest.  

[[Young Earth creationism|Biblical creationists]] (such as Gary E. Parker, creationist pastor)<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-c006.html What does the fossil record teach us about evolution?], [[Christian Answers]], accessed [[2009-05-03]]</ref><ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/philipg/detectives/anderson.html Books by Gary E. Parker], May be confused with another Gary E. Parker (Christian author), a Christian author.</ref> see most of the fossil record as a record of the burial of creatures during [[great Flood|Noah's Flood]], wherein the creatures dwelling on the seafloor were buried first, then other marine creatures, [[amphibian]]s, slow-moving reptiles, faster-moving mammals and birds, and finally, humans, the most able to escape the floodwaters the longest.  

[[Atheist]]ic [[Paleontology|paleontologists]],<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html Web Geological Time Machine], [[University of California]] - [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[Museum]] of [[Paleontology]], accessed [[2009-05-03]]</ref> [[Geology|geologists]] and [[evolution]]ists believe that the fossil record is a record of the evolution of life on Earth, with the oldest fossils, those of the earliest and simplest creatures, being at the base of the fossil record, and more recent and more advanced creatures higher up. This assumes no folding or bending of the geological strata.

[[Atheist]]ic [[Paleontology|paleontologists]],<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html Web Geological Time Machine], [[University of California]] - [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[Museum]] of [[Paleontology]], accessed [[2009-05-03]]</ref> [[Geology|geologists]] and [[evolution]]ists believe that the fossil record is a record of the evolution of life on Earth, with the oldest fossils, those of the earliest and simplest creatures, being at the base of the fossil record, and more recent and more advanced creatures higher up. This assumes no folding or bending of the geological strata.