"The discovery of a fossilized mosquito has led some scientists to question the presumed age of ancient fossils and rock layers. The National Academy of Sciences recently published a journal article written by a team of five American and European scientists. The 5-page paper details the recent discovery of a well-preserved, fossilized mosquito in northwestern Montana's Kishenehn Formation. Remarkably, the fossil appears to contain traces of preserved blood ... The blood-engorged mosquito was discovered in shale sediment which many geologists claim is 46 million years old. ... But even many scientists are stunned that the blood could have survived over such an immense period of time. ... Brian Thomas, science writer for the Institute for Creation Research (ICR), says the mosquito blood could not have possibly survived for nearly 50 million years. He told Christian News Network that scientists estimate specimens' ages by correlating the fossils to data listed on standardized geologic charts. ... Thomas says that the rock-dating methods used in these situations are 'notoriously unreliable,' since they often return 'vastly inflated' age estimates. He noted that a journal article written by geologist Steven Austin detailed that one volcanic rock formed at Mt. St. Helens in 1986 was assigned an age of nearly 3 million years. 'The recent report of genuine [blood] ... inside the Kishenehn Formation's mosquito fossil assigns its age using similarly circular reasoning,' Thomas continued. '[The discovery team] asserts that the fossil is 46 million years old because the Kishenehn Formation is supposedly that old ... And where do they learn the Formation is that old? Because the corresponding fossils on the geologic chart indicate such an age.' Thomas told Christian News Network that 'there is no scientific evidence that heme groups can last, under any circumstances of preservation, for even one million, let alone many millions of years.' 'Ultimately,' Thomas concluded, 'the millions of years dogma, bereft of genuine scientific substance, serves as the ultimate authority for geologists who wish to keep their jobs in a secularized discipline.'" ("Unprecedented Blood-filled Mosquito Fossil," Christian News Network , Oct. 21, 2013) Comments are closed.
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