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Octopus tangles evolutionary theory
Apr 26
For those believing in the creation account, octopuses were created instantaneously on day 5 of the creation week; but for evolutionary theory the question has remained; when did octopuses acquire their characteristic body? The body of an octopus is composed almost entirely of muscle and skin, and when an octopus dies, it quickly decays and liquefies into a slimy blob. After just a few days there will be nothing left at all. And that assumes that the fresh carcass is not consumed almost immediately by hungry scavengers. The result is that preservation of an octopus as a fossil is unlikely.
Palaeontologists have just identified three new species of fossil octopus discovered in the rocks in Lebanon. The five specimens, described in the latest issue of the journal Palaeontology, are dated (according to the evolutionary timeline) as 95 million years old "These are sensational fossils, extraordinarily well preserved," says Dirk Fuchs of the Freie University Berlin, lead author of the report. But what surprised the scientists most was how similar the specimens are to modern octopus: "these things are 95 million years old, yet one of the fossils is almost indistinguishable from living species."
Once again, as with other recent fossil finds, evolutionists must push back the origins of modern octopus by tens of millions of years. It is remarkable that they don't question why they find octopus fossils so preserved.
However, neither the timeline nor the well preserved fossil would be a problem with the creation worldview. It would not surprise the creation scientist that a fossilized octopus would look identical to a modern one. Why? Simply said, no evolution has taken place. And given the abruptness of the flood of Noah, one would not be surprised to find a well preserved octopus fossil.
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