Posted on 09/21/2018 9:22:04 AM PDT by ETL
A previously unclassified creature that lived over 500 million years ago, considered the "Holy Grail of paleontology," has finally been identified, thanks to fossil fat.
The creature, known as Dickinsonia, was previously found in northwest Russia near the White Sea. It had not been classified before, until other recently found Dickinsonia fossils showed the presence of organic tissue, allowing researchers to identify molecules of cholesterol, described as "a hallmark" of animals.
Brocks added: “Scientists have been fighting for more than 75 years over what Dickinsonia and other bizarre fossils of the Edicaran Biota were: giant single-celled amoeba, lichen, failed experiments of evolution or the earliest animals on Earth. The fossil fat now confirms Dickinsonia as the oldest known animal fossil, solving a decades-old mystery that has been the Holy Grail of palaeontology.”
Dickinsonia came from a period known as the Ediacaran, which spanned about 94 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 541 Mya. Like other creatures alive during the period, it had a lack of physical features, such as limbs, organs or even a discernible head.
Its body measured approximately 5 feet in length "and was oval shaped with rib-like segments running along its body," the researchers noted in the statement.
The Dickinsonia might well be the earliest known animal, but the subject is still up for debate, according to LiveScience.
There is evidence that hints at the existence of sponges 635 million years ago, though the oldest fossilized sponge is only 520 million years old. According to a study done last year, jellyfish might be older, but that study used genetic analysis and not fossilized evidence.
The oldest life-form on Earth are microbes, which existed on the planet approximately 3.95 billion years ago.
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>> “Incredible to think some considered it to be single celled.” <<
Profoundly so!
This is severe mental illness.
I think people should judge for themselves.
Biologos is an excellent biology website run by Christians. Here’s their articles on the age of the Earth.
https://biologos.org/resources/all-resources?tag=6
*ping*
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Biology offers no answer for the age of creation.
Conditions here on Earth, on the other hand, offer massive evidence for the age of the planet, and all of it favors a ‘young’ Earth.
Landslides in deep soil mounds barely allow even the 6000 years that are recorded history.
Ditto for the sand dune mountain ranges in coastal California.
Ever been to Lima, Peru? Ever looked at the local geology there?
These things just do not allow for great passage of time.
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Sure is.
People can look at the quality of your work and then compare it to the quality at Biologos concerning the age of the Earth.
Biologos is an excellent biology website run by Christians. Here’s their articles on the age of the Earth.
https://biologos.org/resources/all-resources?tag=6
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Their “work” is straight from their wishful immaginations.
Unscientific would be a generous understatement.
Finding organic tissue that is 558 Million years old is pretty amazing.
Perhaps their dating methodology has a few kinks in it...
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Ya think!
People can check it out for themselves to see if your judgement has any merits:
Biologos is an excellent biology website run by Christians. Here’s their articles on the age of the Earth.
https://biologos.org/resources/all-resources?tag=6
Prehistoric tranny medical procedure?
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Bla, bal, bla ...
Gibberish squared!
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They’re boxed in!
Timewise, 100% of Earth’s history is documented soundly.
Let the gnashing of teeth begin.
Fossile fat? Well, at least we know it was the original Eve. “Do these ribs make me look fat?”
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