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FOSSIL SPECIMENS DISCOVERED IN ITALY

Much of Italy's rock structure consists of what was once the floor of the Tethys Sea, known to have

covered certain parts of early Europe. Geological research has shown that the Tethys Sea emerged with
the splitting up of Pangaea, the sole continent on Earth around 165 million years ago. The Tethys Sea,
which covered a very large area, had tropical characteristics since it was very close to the Equator. The
Mediterranean Sea emerged some 65 million years ago from within the Tethys Sea. As land areas rose, it

was gradually pushed northwards
as a result of tectonic movements
over geological periods lasting
millions of years.

The Italian rock beds, once the
floor of the Tethys Sea, contain a
large number of marine fossils,
showing that all the known

species of marine life forms
emerged suddenly with their
complex structures—in other
words, they were created out of

nothing. There are no fossils to
indicate that these life forms
derived from any supposed
common ancestor or are

descended from one another.
Darwinism has been defeated in
the face of the fossil record, a
defeat that has been brought out

into the light by hundreds of
millions of fossil specimens.

Marble deposits are generally
found under oceans or floors of
mountain ranges once populated
with coral reefs. Pictured is a
marble deposit in the Italian Alps.

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