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early fossil record turns the evolutionary tree of life upside down. Ten years ago it was hoped that molecular ev-
idence might save the tree, but recent discoveries have dashed that hope. Although you would not learn it from
reading biology textbooks, Darwin's tree of life has been uprooted. 29

For this reason, we can safely say that once upon a time, there was a theory called Darwinism, which
some people thought was supported by fossils. But the fossil record indicates just the opposite. Now,
Darwinism is no more. Fossils—as we now understand—show that life appeared on Earth suddenly, not by

evolution.
This sudden appearance implies Creation. God has created all living things perfectly from nothing.

[God is] the Originator of the heavens and Earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, "Be!" and it
is. (Surat al-Baqara: 117)

The winged seed of a maple tree, fos-
A fossil primrose dating back to
silized and dating back to the Oligocene
the Miocene epoch (23 to 5 million
epoch (37 to 23 million years ago)
years ago)

A modern-day
primrose

A fossil sea urchin from the
Ordovician period (490 to 443 mil-
lion years ago), and a modern-day
specimen.

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