Ape Fossils Found in Wrong Places

It is interesting that Darwin's acolytes on social(ist) media tend to show ignorance of their own belief system, or mayhaps they try to steamroll over creationist opponents with hot air. Some have claimed that there are no fossils out of order — which would be news to secular scientists.

There are many fossils and artifacts in what evolutionists would consider wrong places, which has caused them no small amount of embarrassment. Still, they cling to their uniformitarian views because the alternative (special creation) is anathema. Monkey fossils are causing loyal evolutionists consternation.

Spider monkeys, Wikimedia Commons / Bernard Spragg (PD)

Both creationists and evolutionists try to work out biogeography — how did that get over there? The monkeys in question were found in South America. Fine, nice weather, plenty of things to climb on and play with. But there are no fossils of their ancestors. They seem to have come from Africa. How, prithee?

Although secularists laughed at creationists for proposing that they rafted on large vegetation mats, secular scientists are now using the rafting concept themselves. Interestingly, biblical creationists reject rafting in this case for several reasons. The most likely explanation for those monkey fossils is the global Genesis Flood.

Both uniformitarian and creation scientists make deductions based on fossil order in the geological column and on their worldwide distribution. Biogeography analyzes the present animal and plant distributions to explain how they arose. Animal and plant fossils enter into the deductions. We generally know the present distribution of animals and plants, but explanatory difficulties emerge when considering fossil distributions. Surprises still happen that require changes in the ideas of fossil distributions and biogeography. We really do not have a complete knowledge of fossil distributions.

 The rest can be found at "An ape fossil found in South America."