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Are the layers different ages?Q: I'veneverunderstoodpolystratefossils. Aren'ttheyevidenceofevolutionwithallthedifferentlayersofstratatheygothrough?--M.L., South Carolina"The hurricane, the floodor the tsunami may do morein an hour or aday than theordinary processes of naturehave achieved in athousandyears. Given all the millenniawe have to play with in thestratigraphical record, we canexpect our periodiccatastrophes to do all thework we want of them."— Derek V.Ager,The Nature ofStratigraphical Record (NewYork: John Wiley &Sons, 1993),p.80.Polystrate fossils such asthis one are found all over theworld. They run throughmany rock layers proving therock layers are not differentages as the textbooks teach.A: SincetheproposaloftheideaofuniformitybyCharlesLyellinthe early 1800s, geologists have struggled to explain polystratefossils. Apolystratefossilisafossilencasednotinasinglelayerofstrata but in multiple layers. Uniformity, advocating that the"presentisthekeytothepast,"describeseachlayerbeinglaiddownoverextensiveperiodsoftime. Theproblemwitheachlayertakingsolongtoformisthatmostfossilsfoundintheselayerswouldhavedecayedpriortotheformingofthenextlayer. Someexamplesthatconfirmtheideaofrapidfossilizationareasfollows:1. Fossil of ichthyosaur, buried and fossilized while givingbirth (Creation Magazine, Dec. 99),2. Petrified trees are found in scores of places around theworld. See seminar part 4.3. Polystrate trees found in France upside down extendingthrough many layers (Bone of Contention by Silvia Baker,p. 12).Geologists fail to accept that the only reasonable explanationof polystrate fossils is that the layers formed quickly aroundplant and animal life before they had time to decay. Seems tocorrespond with the Biblical account of the worldwide flood,doesn't it?See the Creation Seminar Series parts 4 and 6 for moreinformationandpicturesonthistopic. Visitwww.drdino.comformorepicturesofthistrees.35Creation Science Evangelism •29 Cummings Road •Pensacola, Florida 32503