The Fossil Record
Expectation vs. Fact
![The biblical account of creation predicts a fossil record. A fossil.](https://www.ucg.org/files/styles/full_grid9_breakpoints_theme_top_hat_mobile_1x/public/image/article/2011/01/10/fossil-record-expectation-vs-fact_0.jpg?timestamp=1518648279)
Traditional evolutionary theory predicts a fossil record that would contain:
• Simple life-forms gradually appearing with similar predecessors.
• Simple life-forms gradually changing over time into more complex forms.
• Countless transitional links between kinds of creatures.
• Beginnings of and partially completed features such as new limbs, bones and organs.
The biblical account of creation predicts a fossil record that would contain:
• Complex life-forms suddenly appearing with no evolutionary predecessors.
• Complex life-forms multiplying "after their kinds" (Genesis 1:21; 6:20), but with limited variety within those kinds.
• No transitional links between different kinds of creatures.
• No partial features such as new limbs, bones and organs.
After years of study and research, what does the fossil record show?
• Complex life-forms suddenly appearing with no evolutionary predecessors.
• Complex life-forms multiplying "after their kinds," but with limited variety within each species.
• No transitional links between different kinds of creatures.
• No partial features such as new limbs, bones and organs.