[AndyTheBear]

I am tired of the false dichotomy here. Not every discovery has to do with whether naturalism or theism is true.

There have already been a number of occasions that species that were shown to have died out long long ago by fossil records, were found to still be around. So, it seems on the cards that a species that was thought to be extinct a long time ago by fossil records may have become extinct much more recently than we thought.

I am not sure how well this horn makes the case that the triceratops is more recently extinct than thought. But I do know its ridiculous to always make these kinds of questions about more than what they are about.

[Boogieman]

“So, it seems on the cards that a species that was thought to be extinct a long time ago by fossil records may have become extinct much more recently than we thought.”

Well, that might be a possibility if the triceratops were found in strata that correspond to only a few thousand years ago (according to standard geologic interpretation), but that is not what we are looking at. We are looking at unfossilized cells from strata that geologists date at tens of millions of years old. The only possibilities are:

a) There is some unknown process that allows biological matter to survive without decaying for tens of millions of years

or

b) The standard interpretations of geologists and evolutionary biologists are wrong.

Those are really the only options.

[abigkahuna]

I am of the same opinion. I do believe that the Earth is old...maybe 4.5B y.o. I also believe that it is possible the some pockets of creatures existed until recent times, i.e. before the end of the Late Wisconsin Ice Age. I also subscribe to the theory that the last ice age ended due to a cosmic event, whether it was a comet or asteroid strike, a cosmic event began the period of melting ice from around 12,800 years ago to around 11, 600 years ago. During this period North America was wiped clean of just about all mega fauna. Perhaps this three horned lizard co-existed with the three species of mammoths living in North America.

The good Doctor should be re-instated. While of course I believe the Earth was created...how else did we get here...I think dating is a legitimate line on inquiry, along with honest disagreement. Good for the Doctor on his court case.

As for the three dino cells...very interesting indeed.