The lady was highly skeptical. This guide, who moments before had been discussing animal ecology and evolution, found when confronted with news of the new discovery—that she simply could not believe it. She could not accept that fresh (not permineralized, meaning unfossilized) dinosaur bones had been found in Alaska. Such bones could never have lasted 70 million years, she said.http://creation.com/fresh-dinosaur-bones-found
Unlikely or not, it is a fact that such bones have been found. However, whether they could have lasted in that condition more than a few thousand years is a matter which demands attention.
Fresh Dinosaur Bones Found
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Aaron, Dec 3, 2013.
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preachinjesus Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
This isn't about relatively new bones, but it is about a new method in evaluating and examining the old bones. Perhaps this is another example of how so many well intentioned YECers are blinded by their need to establish their view based on any whim of evidence without understanding what has actually taken place.
The bones are still found to be 65 million years old. What is "fresh" about them is how the scientist has gone about working with them.
What's ironic is that the paleontologist mentioned here is a Christian woman who takes issue with the YECist pirating of her research. -
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In addition to Dr. Helder's Ph.D. in botany, eminently qualifying her to review research done by other qualified botanists on the flora found, Dr. Kyle L. Davies, a vertebrate paleontologist with the University of Texas Balcones Research Center, published "Duck-bill Dinosaurs (Hadrosauridae, Ornithischia) from the North Slope of Alaska" in the Journal of Paleontology in January, 1987. The article begins on page 198 and runs to page 200. Davies makes no claim about age, and in fact states the unfossilized state is "remarkable" but makes it difficult to carbon-date the bones because the so-called "native carbon-14' would have been contaminated by air permeation through the alternate thawing and refreezing of the ice bed in which the bones were found.
Your efforts to discredit what is still classified as a paleontological mystery is weak, PinJ. Not good. -
preachinjesus Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Ah, I was referring to the original scientist who developed the technique, Mary Schweizter. Her story can be found here: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinosaur.html?device=ipad
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preachinjesus Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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preachinjesus Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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See? Ask a specific question about generalities and Darwinists bail.