The study of the fossilised remains of animals and plants, their relationships to each other and to living animals and plants.
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Are there any geological periods found on top of each other that have dinosaurs of that period with in them?
In diagrams, It is common to depict geological periods to be directly on top of each other with fossils of that period within them. When looking for evidence of this, I have only found examples of trilobites and shells. However it is common to see…
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Did modern birds exist during the Cretaceous period?
In this article, creationist Dr Carl Werner claims that modern animals are found fossilized in the same layers as dinosaurs, which is evidence against evolution.
Contrary to popular belief, modern types of birds have been found, including: parrots,…
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Are there no identical human bones found in any pre human fossil records?
From 15.00 minutes onwards in this video titled 'Everything you know is wrong' Lloyd Pye claims that there are no identical (or very close) bones found in any pre human fossil records and that there would need to be 20-30 missing link skeletons to…
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Did large herbivorous dinosaurs have any predators?
I went to the Natural History Museum in London today. I saw the dinosaur exhibition, and in the exhibition was this image, of an Allosaurus attacking a Diplodocus:
Image by John Sibbick
This scenario seems unlikely to me. It feels a bit like a…
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Did dinosaurs exist?
I find it hard to believe that dinosaurs ever existed. They were never mentioned and totally skipped in the holy books (Old Testament, New Testament, Qur'an) although these books do contain stories as old as it gets (to Adam and Eve, Noah, The Great…
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