Tardigrades are believed to have existed for over five hundred million years. And yet there’s been very little change in tardigrades!

This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the reliability of the Bible.

Fossils found in tree sap, known as amber, are often beautifully preserved. And that’s true of the recently discovered fossil “tardigrade,” or “water bear.” This fossil is microscopic and yet is so well-preserved that researchers could see its mouthparts and even its tiny claws!


Now, tardigrades are believed to have existed for over five hundred million years. This new find is thought to be a mere sixteen million years old. And yet there’s been very little change in tardigrades!


Over half a billion years of evolution and no evolution occurred! That’s because evolution is nothing more than a story—one that’s applied to the evidence—in order to explain life without God.

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