A genera of extinct elephant (Palaeoloxodon) has long been known from northern China under the name Elephas maximus (the Asian elephant) because it was thought to be the same as this extinct species. Not only is the name of the animal debated, but now the date of the animal has been questioned. Some teeth and bronze artifacts have been uncovered that evolutionists have dated at 3000 years ago (as opposed to the 10000 years originally postulated for the the original fossils).
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| Palaeoloxodon naumanni as it might have looked in life. Note the smaller ears and trunk, compared to Elephas maximus, for a habitat with cooler winters in the north China Ice Age. I've also given it two fingers on its trunk. |
Of course, if the new remains really are Palaeoloxodon (the bronze artifacts have two fingers on the trunk as opposed to the one finger for the Asian elephant) then the animal did survive later than previously believed. However, the dates evolutionists place on bones aren't trustworthy to Christians because of the presupposed age of the Earth. Rather than a 7000 year difference, it was probably only a few hundred (just throwing that out there).
Warwicker, Michelle. "Extinct Elephant 'Survived Late' in North China". BBC Nature News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20678793.
This was interesting, Caleb. I like learning about the different creatures that are somewhat debated of their species and such. I look forward to reading about other fossil finds that show or attempt to show the origin of the species. Mom
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it. It's kind of a short easy read. This was actually and article on my NEWS page before it became unused and disambiguate. Now I have a new use for that page so this article arrived here on diversity. I've got some good things coming to this page soon. Think feathered dinosaurs and other really weird reptiles.
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