It is often stated by creationists:
quote:
The fossils, and the sedimentary deposits they were entombed within, have simply been misinterpreted by the scientific community The fossil record is instead a recording of a devastating global scale flood.
Source
Fossils: The Biblical View
Question:
If a catastrophic earth wide flood event occurred, why do fossils appear near perfectly sorted within the geological strata?
Wouldn't they have all been mixed up?
The question (yet to be answered) has been best clarified by Apothecus in this thread:
"Apothecus" writes:
In the fossil record, why are the single celled organisms found way down at the bottom, followed by progressively more complex organisms like trilobites, and on and on past early reptiles, amphibians, early mammals (in order, mind you), with early humans and their accompanying fellow "modern" organisms at the top of the heap?
This is what I would like a reasonable, evidence based answer to.
Edited by killinghurts, : added clarification to question