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Harun Yahya

The Cretaceous Period (146 to 65 million
years ago)

This, final stage of the Mesozoic, is known as
the age in which the dinosaurs became extinct, as

did a large number of terrestrial reptiles and plant
species.
On the other hand, a great many species of

aquatic animals such as starfish, crabs, some
species of fish, water scorpions, spiders,
dragonflies, turtles and crocodiles, and various
plant species managed to survive down to the
present day. Fossil specimens such as a 135-

million-year-old starfish, a 140-million-year
horseshoe crab, and a 125-million-year ginkgo tree
leaf are just a few of the proofs of this. Despite the

intervening millions of years, these life forms still
possess the same complex systems, totally
invalidating Darwinist claims regarding natural
A fish between 146 and 65 million years
history. old, and a fossil bat uncovered in France.

2C. The Cenozoic Era (65 million years ago to the present day)

The Cenozoic Era, in which we are still living, began with the end of the Cretaceous Period. Until
recently, geologists and paleontologists divided the Cenozoic into two separate periods of unequal
length: the Tertiary and the Quaternary. The Tertiary comprised a time frame from 65 million to 1.8 million

years ago, and the Quaternary encapsulated the last 1.8 million years. Recently, however, the Cenozoic
Era has been divided into three separate periods. Under this new system, its three components are the
Paleogene, the Neogene and the Quaternary.
The Cenozoic Era's fossil record contains large numbers of specimens that, just as with other ages,

show that the theory of evolution—which maintains that living things descended by chance from a
common ancestor—is not true.
One distinguishing feature of the fossil specimens obtained from all these geological periods is that
the species in question never underwent any changes. To put it another way, whenever a species first

appears in the fossil record, it
preserves its same structure for
tens of millions of years, until it
This 54- to 37-million-year-old
becomes extinct or else survives
crocodile fossil was found in
until the present day—again,
Germany.
without experiencing any change.
This is clear evidence that living
things never underwent evolution.

The fossil history of species
definitively and clearly refutes the
theory of evolution. It is Almighty
God, with His sublime power and

boundless knowledge, Who
creates completely different living
species out of nothing and makes
the world suitable for life.

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