Soft Tissues in Fossils

[HRankin (Hillary Rankin)]

Here are two previous conversations about this topic:

"Soft Tissue" again

I’ve seen a number of my YEC friends on Facebook post the following link claiming it as evidence for a young earth. I went back and read a few blog posts about the soft tissue, but I was curious, what would your response be? Would you try to engage the topic, or would you just roll your eyes and move on? If you engaged it, how would you respond? Blessings, Jay

Soft Tissue in Fossils Supports a Young Earth

Age of the earth: 101 evidences for a young age of the earth and the universe How long can soft tissue last in fossils? The experimental evidence is that it could not last millions of years. In desperation Mary Schweitzer tried preserving a tissue sample in concentrated blood but the results are unconvincing and the setup contrived. But there has been soft tissue found in dinosaur fossils. The latest claim from N Carolina State Uni is 180 million years! Seriously; soft tissue is more consisten…