Spider Blood Survives 20 Million Years So They Say
EurekAlert announced, “Spider blood found in 20 million year old fossil.” Science Daily repeated the story. The articles even tell how the spider died (it was climbing a tree and was struck on the head by fast-flowing sap). The BBC News said, “Spider is ‘20 million years old.’” At least they put quotes around the date, but they quoted Dr. David Penney of the University of Manchester scratching his beard and saying, “It’s amazing to think that a single piece of amber with a single spider in it can open up a window into what was going on 20 million years ago.” The date comes from the Miocene deposits in which the amber was found in the Dominican Republic. Those deposits rank at 20 million years according to the evolutionary dating scheme.
How could blood survive decay for 2000 years, let alone 20 million? Suggested revision for Penney’s thoughts: “It’s amazing to think that a single piece of amber with a single spider in it does not open minds to the realization that 20 million years is implausible fiction.”
Let’s remind readers of the way evolutionists reason about fossils and dates. How do you know this spider is 20 million years old? Answer: it was found in a 20-million-year-old rock. How do you know the rocks are 20 million years old? Answer: because, stupid, it has this 20-million-year-old spider in it!