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Harun Yahya

COCKROACH AND MIDGE

Age: 25 million years

Period: Oligocene

Location: Dominican Republic
These two insects fossilized together in amber have come down to us from 25 million years ago. Close

examination shows that the cockroach is identical to its modern-day counterparts. The fossil records
show that cockroaches emerged suddenly, without having undergone any form of evolution. The fact
that these creatures, which possess highly complex systems and characteristics, came into being without
passing through any intermediate stages is one of the proofs of God's Creation.

Despite its being an evolutionist publication, Focus magazine cited cockroaches as an example when it
admitted the lethal blow that fossils deal to the theory of evolution:

". . . In theory, various elements of pressure such as changing environmental conditions, hostile species and
competition between species should lead to natural selection, the selection of species advantaged by mutation,

and for these species to undergo greater change over such a long period of time. YET THE FACTS ARE OTH-
ERWISE. Let us consider cockroaches, for example. These reproduce very quickly and have short life spans, yet
they have remained the same for approximately 250 million years.

Archaeobacteria are an even more striking example. These emerged 3.5 billion years ago, when the Earth was
still very hot, and are still alive today in the boiling waters in Yellowstone National Park." (Focus magazine,
April 2000.)

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