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890-million-year-old fossils may be oldest sign of animal life on Earth

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Rather than looking at precambrian strata and throwing up our hands when we don't see any bone material, I think we should be taking a closer look, perhaps under microscopes or with more willingness to dig deeper and I think that's what the researchers in this article have done.
What I am asking for is evidence that some researchers are "throwing up their hands we don't see any bone material". I've read several papers that discuss Pre-Cambrian animal fossils positively, but recall none that deny their existence.
 
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What I am asking for is evidence that some researchers are "throwing up their hands we don't see any bone material". I've read several papers that discuss Pre-Cambrian animal fossils positively, but recall none that deny their existence.

I never said anyone published any such research. I'm just saying that there are people, geologists and rock enthusiasts alike, that give up on such things without giving it a deal chance.
 
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I never said anyone published any such research. I'm just saying that there are people, geologists and rock enthusiasts alike, that give up on such things without giving it a deal chance.
Sorry. I misunderstood you. I don't think much attention need be given to views that are not expressed in published research. But to satisfy my curiosity, where are you meeting these people?
 
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same here. Not saying that I believe in “the Big Bang” but it’s amazing how life was created, almost completely destroyed & created again (pre flood).
It's almost like the stuff of life was a hidden seed that, along with everything else, came forth out of the Big Bang to grow and evolved into the world we live in today.
 
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I never said anyone published any such research. I'm just saying that there are people, geologists and rock enthusiasts alike, that give up on such things without giving it a deal chance.

Ah, like he archeologists and pot hunters who
throw up and give up because
they cannot find any motorcycle parts in Egyptian ruins.
I've heard about those.
 
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