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The number of dinosaur fossils is relatively small compared to other 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 onto 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 traces of bodies, even when we know where to look. According to the United Nations
Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, nearly 43,000 tsunami victims were never found. xxvii

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

Physical evidence shows 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 seemed to be blood cells and
hemoglobin. If these bones really were tens of millions of years old, then the blood cells
and hemoglobin would have totally disintegrated. xxviii Also, there should not be “fresh”
bones if they were really millions of years old. xxix

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

Back to the days of creation…

And then, capping it all off, the house is made for man once everything is prepared. 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.

Consider the statement, "Let us make man, according to our likeness." Now go down to verse 27, "And
God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him." Man is made in the image of God.

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