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| | Creationists also assert that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed. <ref>Dr. David N. Menton, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0328discovery.asp "Ostrich-osaurus" Discovery?], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref> | | Creationists also assert that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed. <ref>Dr. David N. Menton, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0328discovery.asp "Ostrich-osaurus" Discovery?], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref> |
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| − | It is sometimes asserted that if human bones aren’t found with dinosaur bones, then dinosaurs and man didn’t live together.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref> Creation scientists asserts that is a false assumption and if human bones aren’t found buried with dinosaur bones, it simply means they haven't been found buried together.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref> Creationist note that fossil record contains mainly marine organisms and that a small sliver of the fossil record contains vertebrates and thus assert that we shouldn't find many human fossils at all.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref>Moreover, biblical creationist assert that since a biblical [[Great Flood|Flood]] would be a marine catastrophe, it would be expected that marine fossils would be dominant in the fossil record and this is in fact what we find.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/pdfs/SampleChapter/10-2-267.pdf</ref> Approximately 70% of the Earth is covered in salt water which would also explain the dominance of marine fossils. In addition, creation scientist assert there may have been a small pre-bibical flood human population and that massive amounts of flood sediment are
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| − | is why we haven’t found human fossils in pre-biblical flood sediments.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/pdfs/SampleChapter/10-2-267.pdf</ref> Also, creation scientists point out that we don't find human bones buried with [[coelacanths]] but humans and coelacanths live together today and that evolutionary scientists claimed that coelacanths went extinct millions of years ago but they were found recently alive.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref>
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| | The view of [[Theory of evolution|evolutionists]] and others who accept the uniformitarian timescale is that dinosaurs existed on earth from 230 million years ago to 65 million years ago. In this view, the entire population of dinosaurs were wiped out by a mass extinction event (usually thought to be an asteroid) about 65 million years ago. | | The view of [[Theory of evolution|evolutionists]] and others who accept the uniformitarian timescale is that dinosaurs existed on earth from 230 million years ago to 65 million years ago. In this view, the entire population of dinosaurs were wiped out by a mass extinction event (usually thought to be an asteroid) about 65 million years ago. |
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| | As a number of feathered fossils (claimed to be dinosaurs) have been discovered, and evolutionary scientists claim the similarity in the bone structure between birds and dinosaurs show that modern birds are a descendants of dinosaurs. This is often cited as an example of [[macroevolution]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1006_041006_feathery_dino.html New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers], ''National Geographic''</ref> Cladists place modern birds within the clade dinosauria, meaning that they consider all bird species today as, technically, dinosaurs.<ref>[http://tolweb.org/Dinosauria/14883/1999.01.01 Tree of Life Web Project.] 1999. Dinosauria. Version 01 January 1999 (temporary). Accessed 30 May 2007.</ref> | | As a number of feathered fossils (claimed to be dinosaurs) have been discovered, and evolutionary scientists claim the similarity in the bone structure between birds and dinosaurs show that modern birds are a descendants of dinosaurs. This is often cited as an example of [[macroevolution]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1006_041006_feathery_dino.html New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers], ''National Geographic''</ref> Cladists place modern birds within the clade dinosauria, meaning that they consider all bird species today as, technically, dinosaurs.<ref>[http://tolweb.org/Dinosauria/14883/1999.01.01 Tree of Life Web Project.] 1999. Dinosauria. Version 01 January 1999 (temporary). Accessed 30 May 2007.</ref> |
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| | + | ==Dinosaur fossils and Human Fossils and Geological Strata == |
| | + | It is sometimes asserted that if human bones aren’t found with dinosaur bones, then dinosaurs and man didn’t live together.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref> Creation scientists asserts that is a false assumption and if human bones aren’t found buried with dinosaur bones, it simply means they haven't been found buried together.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref> Creationist note that fossil record contains mainly marine organisms and that a small sliver of the fossil record contains vertebrates and thus assert that we shouldn't find many human fossils at all.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref>Moreover, biblical creationist assert that since a biblical [[Great Flood|Flood]] would be a marine catastrophe, it would be expected that marine fossils would be dominant in the fossil record and this is in fact what we find.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/pdfs/SampleChapter/10-2-267.pdf</ref> Approximately 70% of the Earth is covered in salt water which would also explain the dominance of marine fossils. In addition, creation scientist assert there may have been a small pre-bibical flood human population and that massive amounts of flood sediment are |
| | + | is why we haven’t found human fossils in pre-biblical flood sediments.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/pdfs/SampleChapter/10-2-267.pdf</ref> Also, creation scientists point out that we don't find human bones buried with [[coelacanths]] but humans and coelacanths live together today and that evolutionary scientists claimed that coelacanths went extinct millions of years ago but they were found recently alive.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs</ref> |
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