Plant
Fossils
All living things were brought into existence
with God’s command, “Be!” God possesses
the might to create them in their present states at
any period in their history—the fact that evolutionists
fail to understand, that they try to ignore. Yet the
fossil record declares the “Fact of Creation” in
a manner too evident to dismiss. |
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A 35-million-year-old
willow tree branch. |
A fossil
pinecone, some 20 million years old. |
A fossil
Alethopteris plant, 300 million years old, and its counterpart
of today. |
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A fossil
belonging to a flowering plant (Archaefructus liaoningensis),
regarded as one of the oldest fossil plants yet discovered.
This fossil, which goes back 130 million years, contains
the distinguishing feature of all flowering plants, including
female ovaries containing seeds. It is no different from
present-day flowering plants. |
This fossil
of a variety of plane tree leaf found near Kizilcahamam,
Ankara, Turkey dates back 18 million years. It has exactly
the same features as plane tree leaves of today. |
Greatly magnified fossil
pollen.
This pollen grain is
one of the earliest-known types of angiosperm pollen,
from the Cretaceous period (146-65 million years ago).
It is produced in exactly the same form by various
plants today. |
Millions
of proofs that refute evolution are exhibited in living
fossils. |
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345- to 270-Million-Year-Old Fossil Scale Tree |
Lepidodendron (scale tree) is a plant that lived
345 to 270 million years ago. As can be seen in the
enlarged photograph of the fossil, the leaf scars—places
where the leaves began on the twig—are very
clear. One can even see the centers of diamond-shaped
leaf scars where the veined corymb passed to the
leaf stalk. This tree survives in exactly the same
form today.
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Quercus
hispanica. This fossil specimen of an oak tree that
lived some 145 million years ago is identical to
present-day oaks. |
The Sphenopterid
plant, with its fern-like leaves, has a complex structure.
It is no different from present-day plants, and the
leaves can be seen very clearly. This specimen dates
back to the Carboniferous period (325 to 290 million
years ago). |
This
plant, Senftenbergia plumosa, consists of dividing,
compound leaves, and dates back to the Carboniferous
period (300 million years ago). |
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This tree fern,
fossilized in rock, is perfectly preserved (300 million
years old). |
The
tree fern is a plant of today growing up to 6 meters
in height. |
A tree fern that
lived 365-290 million years ago, which is no different
from present-day specimens. |
The seven heavens and the
Earth and everyone in them glorify Him. There is
nothing which does not glorify Him with praise
but you do not understand their glorification.
He is All-Forbearing, Ever-Forgiving.
(Qur'an 17:44)
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Today’s
tree, Cryptomeria japonica, is identical to a 300-million-year-old
fossil. |
A
350-million-year-old swamp plant and a similar specimen
of the present day. |
Sweetgum leaf
fossil, approximately 55 millon years old. These
trees generally grow up to 25 meters in height and
are one of the best-known living fossils in today’s
world. |
These
plants—having survived down to the present
while undergoing no changes over hundreds of millions
of years—are the most important evidence that
refutes the theory of evolution. |
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It is He Who sends down water from
the sky from which We bring forth growth of every kind,
and from that We bring forth the green shoots and from
them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and from the spathes
of the date palm date clusters hanging down, and gardens
of grapes and olives and pomegranates, both similar and
dissimilar. Look at their fruits as they bear fruit and
ripen. There are signs in that for people who believe.
(Qur'an, 6:99)
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