Abstract & Overview
Paul Giem on Pseudofossils: New Evidence 7-18-2015 A recent paper claims that the oldest fossils are not actually fossils, but pseudofossils. The basis for this claim is examined and implications for other microfossils are explored. 1. Brasier, M. D. et al. 2015. Changing the picture of Earth’s earliest fossils (3.5–1.9 Ga) with new approaches and new discoveries. PNAS 112:4859–4864. Available at http://www.pnas.org/content/112/16/4859.full.pdf 2. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150420154823.htm 3. Wacey, D. et al. 2011. Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia. Nat. Geoscience 4:698-702. Available at http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v4/n10/full/ngeo1238.html 4. Roth, A. A. 1996. False fossils. Origins 23:110-124. Available at http://grisda.org/origins/23110.pdf For additional recordings on various topics regarding faith and science visit: ItsAboutGod.tv/sls