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410-million-year-old coelacanth fossil. Evolutionists claimed that it
was the transitional form representing the transition from water to
land.
Living examples of this fish have been caught many times since
1938, providing a good example of the extent of the speculations
that evolutionists engage in.

TURTLES An Example Invalidating Evolution

To the side can be
seen a 45-million-
year-old freshwater
turtle fossil
found in
Germany.
To the left
are the re-
mains of the
oldest known sea
turtle, found in
Brazil: This 110-mil-
lion-year-old fossil
is identical to spec-
Turtle fossil aged 100 million years: No different from its counterpart imens living today.
living today. (The Dawn of Life, Orbis Pub., London 1972)

Just as the evolutionary theory cannot explain basic classes of living things such as fish and reptiles, neither can it explain the
origin of the orders within these classes. For example, turtles, which is a reptilian order, appear in the fossil record all of a sudden
with their unique shells. To quote from an evolutionary source: “… the origin of this highly successful order is obscured by the
lack of early fossils, although turtles leave more and better fossil remains than do other vertebrates. … Intermediates between tur-
tles and cotylosaurs, … reptiles from which turtles [supposedly] sprang, are entirely lacking.” (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online,
“Turtle”)
There is no difference between the fossils of earlier turtles and the living members of this species today. Simply put, turtles have
not "evolved"; they have always been turtles since they were created that way.

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