Claim CC120:
A fossilized human finger has been found from the Cretaceous.
Source:
Response:
- The finger looks similar in size and shape to the
cylindrical sediment infillings of Ophiomorpha or
Thalassinoides
shrimp burrows commonly found in Cretaceous rocks.
It could also be merely an eroded concretion.
Although its general shape is fingerlike, it has none of the fine structure one
would expect from a finger.
- The fossil was not found in situ, so it cannot be conclusively
associated with Cretaceous formations (Kuban 1996). Even if it were a
real fossil finger, it would be of no value as evidence against
evolution.
Links:
Kuban, Glen J., 2012. An Alleged Cretaceous Finger. http://paleo.cc/paluxy/finger.htm
Kuban, Glen J. 1996. A review of NBC's "The Mysterious Origins of Man".
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/paluxy/nbc.html
References:
- Kuban, G. J. 2012. (see above)
- Kuban, G. J. 1996. (see above)
created 2001-2-18, modified 2004-3-10