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STASIS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD




           If evolution had really happened, then
           living things should have emerged by
           gradual changes, and have continued to
           change over time, whereas the fossil
           record shows the exact opposite. Different
           groups of living things suddenly emerged
           with no similar ancestors behind them,
           and remained static for millions of years,
           undergoing no changes at all.




                                                         A 100-150 million-year-old starfish fossil
                                       Horseshoe crab"
                                       fossil from the
                                       Ordovician Age.
                                       This 450-million-
                                       year-old fossil is
                                       no different
                                       from specimens
                                       living today.













                                                    Oyster fossils from the Ordovician Age, no
                                                    different from modern oysters.













          1.9-million-year-old fossil
          bacteria from Western Ontario
          in the United States. They have
          the same structures as bacteria
          living today.                                Ammonites emerged some 350 million
                                                       years ago, and became extinct 65
                                                       million years ago. The structure seen in
                                                       the fossil above never changed during
                                                       the intervening 300 million years.
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