Christian scientists who believe in a young earth are citing the recent discovery of fossilized silk cocoons as evidence that many fossilized materials are much younger than evolutionists allege. As previously reported, scientists have repeatedly been surprised by the discoveries of various delicate biomaterials that have supposedly remained intact for millions of years. These materials include shell proteins, ancient embryos, dinosaur skin, and dinosaur blood vessels.
Now scientists are puzzled by another material that purportedly survived millions of years: silk cocoons. A team of Polish and Brazilian researchers published a study in the journal “Scientific Reports.” The researchers say they analyzed marine deposits in southern Brazil and identified “intriguing fossils” that appear to be larval cases constructed by caddisflies. READ MORE
