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LIVING FOSSILS REFUTE EVOLUTION
150- to 100-mil-
lion-year-old star-
fish fossil
(L. Cretaceous pe-
riod)
450-million-year-old
horseshoe crab from
the Ordovician period
200- to 150-million-year-
old dragonfly fossil from the
recent Jurassic period
150- to 100-million-
year-old fossil
shrimp from the L.
Cretaceous period
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.
