Fossilisation is rare, so ....

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Originally posted by TrueCreation:
"If fossilisation is rare, and occurs only in very
limited/particular environmental circumstances,
how can one explain the large numbers of fossils found
unless they have been being deposited over a very, very
long period of time ? "
--Burry them in a short period of time. Silly!

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JM: That was a no-brainer. I think the question was poorly worded CheersJoe Meert

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Originally posted by edge:
Actually, I expect fossils to exhibit in death all of the natural processes of life. I don't really expect to see them preparing a will. Do not modern animals sometime die in child birth? Do not some animals die choking on something they (recently) ate? Actually, everything you mention here is expected in the uniformitarianist viewpoint.

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JM: Not only that, but in the midst of the flood (Jurassic), we have beetles boring through dinosaur bones that were just dead and lying around. They were lying on the surface long enough to feed two generations of beetles. That is to say nothing of fossilized bees and termites and the development of Mesozoic soil ecosystems on land!CheersJoe Meertref:
Hasiotis, S. 2000. The invertebrate invasion and evolution of mesozoic soil ecosystems: the ichnofossil record of ecological innovations, Paleon. Soc. Pap., v 6, 141-169Hasiotis and Fiorello, 1999. Preliminary report on borings in Jurassic dinosaur bones: evidence for invertebrate-vertebrate interactions, Utah Geol. Surv, Misc Publ. 99-1, 193-200.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tranquility Base:
[B]Edge I recently saw on TV one of the worlds most eminent dinosaur paleontologists (Horner?) saying that the dinosaur graveyards were undoubtedly huge flood events. And I'm not saying that proves Noah, it's just suggestive. [/QUOTE]JM: Be careful. Horner is one of the more 'misquoted' scientists. I think the 'quote' floating around creationist websites makes it sound as if they were killed in a flood. My recollection of the book is that Horner concluded the dinosaurs were all killed during a volcanic eruption and that there bones were later washed away in a flood. Unfortunately, I know longer have the book. I do know that it has been misquoted NUMEROUS times to suggest that the dinosaurs were killed in a flood when this is NOT what Horner concludes.CheersJoe Meert