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The number of dinosaur fossils is actually relatively small, compared to other types of creatures. Since
the Flood was a marine catastrophe, we would expect marine fossils to be dominant in the fossil record.
And that is the case.

Vertebrates are not as common as other types of life-forms. This makes sense of these percentages and
helps us understand why vertebrates, including dinosaurs, are so rare and even overwhelmed by marine
organisms in the record.

Fossilization of mobile creatures

Fossilization is a rare event, especially of humans who are very mobile. Since the rains of Noah’s Flood
took weeks to cover the earth, many people could have made it to boats, grabbed on to floating debris,
and so on. Some may have made it to higher ground. Although they wouldn’t have lasted that long and
would have eventually perished, they might not fossilize.

In most cases, dead things decompose or get eaten. They just disappear and nothing is left. The 2004
tsunami in Southeast Asia was a shocking reminder of the speed with which water and other forces can
eliminate all trace of bodies, even when we know where to look. According to the United Nation’s Office
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of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, nearly 43,000 tsunami victims were never found.

Even if rare, it would still be possible to fossilize a human body. In fact, we do find fossils of humans,
such as Neanderthals, in the post-Flood sediments.

There is also physical evidence that dinosaur bones are not millions of years old. Scientists
from Montana State University found T. rex bones that were not totally fossilized. Sections of
the bones were like fresh bone and contained what seems to be blood cells and hemoglobin.
If these bones really were tens of millions of years old, then the blood cells and hemoglobin
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would have totally disintegrated. Also, there should not be “fresh” bones if they were really
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millions of years old.

Later in this study we will look at a vast amount of evidence that
suggests that the earth is relatively young (a few thousand years
old) and that men and dinosaurs were both created on day 6 of
creation. Who knows, perhaps Noah had the help of large
vegetarian dinosaurs to lift the huge beams in order to construct
the ark.

Back to the days of creation….

And then capping it all off, once everything is prepared, the house is made for man. Verse 26 says,
"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image.'" And here we are introduced to the crown of creation
which is man.

27 The Human Toll, www.tsunamispecialenvoy.org/country/humantoll.asp.
28 C. Wieland, “Sensational dinosaur blood report,” Creation 19(4):42–43, 1997.
29 M. Helder, Fresh Dinosaur Bones Found, Creation 14(3):16–17, 1992.
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