Creationists and Intelligent Design Peeps Can Get Excited, The Evolutionists Are Wrong Again

I have a set of "other-parents"; you know those people who aren't your mom and dad but whom you go to for food, fun, comfort and advice. My "other-dad" (or Daddy-Mark as I lovingly and annoying call him) enjoys the study of Creation. I think he particularly enjoys following the Creation scientists and their constant one-upping of evolutionists. Having just been out to their house for some of Suzy-mom's delicious halibut, this story that came across the Associated Press news wire particularly interested me. Here's the first bit:

MICHAEL WARREN
Published: Oct 11, 2011 5:46 PM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The jawbone of an ancient whale found in Antarctica may be the oldest fully aquatic whale yet discovered, Argentine scientists said Tuesday.

A scientist not involved in the find said it could suggest that whales evolved much more quickly from their amphibian precursors than previously thought.

The main reason my interest was piqued was the constant patching of the theory of evolution and it's timelines. Basically this whale was not supposed to be where it was, when it was (they so-called dated it to be) or at least not quite as evolved as it was.

The fact that we are hearing of a find that shoots holes in their theory is a surprise to me. I love reading the conspiracy theories the Intelligent Design folks come up with about all if the hidden and "adjusted" evidence. It would seem like some scientists would "fix" such results before releasing their findings.

As radical as they may be, you might as well lump me in with them because here I go. When I was in grade-school I was dismayed to find the falsified Haeckel's drawings and Darwin's peppered moth experiment as evidence for evolution in my Biology text-book. I proceeded by printing off legitimate sources that show each to be wrong accompanied by my own mini-dissertation on the horrendous use of such things with impressionable young people. My teacher actually responded in embarrassment (always having thought the studies to be true) and apologized to the class making me feel guilty for my slightly attacking paper on all science teachers everywhere.

Today, along with such things still in textbooks, my biggest evolutionary peeve is the constant remolding of a crumbling theory. In fact, a leading Australian physicist noted that among his interactions with atheists, they no longer associate themselves with evolution and some sort of big bang simply because one who does would keep coming to a conclusion of an Intelligent Designer and it does not mend with their philosophical beliefs. Anyone who doesn't admit such is simply excusing or explaining away contrary evidence.

Returning to our whale, apparently the beast was "to evolved" (4 million years early according to the paleontologist, Marcelo Reguero, who discovered him) for the time period they claim he lived in and the location (Antarctica as opposed to India) in which they found him.

They way I see it, I predict the evolutionists will go one of three ways:

1.) Perform the dating process again and magically get more cohesive results
2.) Develop an explanation as to why the whale's corpse may have ended up there from where it "really lived"
3.) Rehash their current timeline until in includes this guy (this would be most reasonable since at least they are treating their evidence as if it must conclude that they have erred and then "correct" that error)

Of course they could always decide that this is the last straw throw in the towel on their current theories, but what is the likelihood of that?

In case you wanted to read for yourself, a copy of the AP release is included below. I mean no plagiarism, the piece does not belong to me, but to the Associate Press and the author

Michael Warren.

Published: Oct 11, 2011 5:46 PM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The jawbone of an ancient whale found in Antarctica may be the oldest fully aquatic whale yet discovered, Argentine scientists said Tuesday.

A scientist not involved in the find said it could suggest that whales evolved much more quickly from their amphibian precursors than previously thought.

Argentine paleontologist Marcelo Reguero, who led a joint Argentine-Swedish team, said the fossilized archaeocete jawbone found in February dates back 49 million years. In evolutionary terms, that's not far off from the fossils of even older proto-whales from 53 million years ago that have been found in South Asia and other warmer latitudes.

Those earlier proto-whales were amphibians, able to live on land as well as sea. This jawbone, in contrast, belongs to the Basilosauridae group of fully aquatic whales, said Reguero, who leads research for the Argentine Antarctic Institute.

"The relevance of this discovery is that it's the oldest known completely aquatic whale found yet," said Reguero, who shared the discovery with Argentine paleontologist Claudia Tambussi and Swedish paleontologists Thomas Mors and Jonas Hagstrom of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm.

Paul Sereno, a University of Chicago paleontologist who wasn't involved in the research, said that if the new find withstands the scrutiny of other scientists, it will suggest that archaeocetes evolved much more quickly than previously thought from their semi-aquatic origin in present-day India and Pakistan.

"The important thing is the location," Sereno said. "To find one in Antarctica is very interesting."