Creationists: How come you don't see any human fossils with the dinosaur ones?

Question

If humans lived at the time of the dinosaurs, then surely by now we would have discovered an ancient human fossil (that is over 65 million years old) that lived during the dinosaur reign. But we don't, the oldest human fossil is around 4 million years. How is that possible? And don't say that god (or the devil) tricked us and placing the bones there to make them appear old. If you believe that, then you probably still believe in Santa.

Of course I believe in evolution and that humans are late to the game. I am asking the question to the creationists. Duh!

Answer 1

The Genesis Account and Dinosaurs

While the radioactive dating method is innovative, it is still based on speculation and assumption. In contrast, the Bible account in the first chapter of Genesis simply states the general order of creation. It allows for possibly thousands of millions of years for the formation of the earth and many millenniums in six creative eras, or “days,” to prepare the earth for human habitation.

Some dinosaurs (and pterosaurs) may indeed have been created in the fifth era listed in Genesis, when the Bible says that God made “flying creatures” and “great sea monsters.” Perhaps other types of dinosaurs were created in the sixth epoch. The vast array of dinosaurs with their huge appetites would have been appropriate considering the abundant vegetation that evidently existed in their time. Genesis 1:20-24.

When the dinosaurs had fulfilled their purpose, God ended their life. But the Bible is silent on how he did that or when. We can be sure that dinosaurs were created by Jehovah for a purpose, even if we do not fully understand that purpose at this time. They were no mistake, no product of evolution. That they suddenly appear in the fossil record unconnected to any fossil ancestors, and also disappear without leaving connecting fossil links, is evidence against the view that such animals gradually evolved over millions of years of time. Thus, the fossil record does not support the evolution theory. Instead, it harmonizes with the Bible’s view of creative acts of God.

When Did They Live?

Dinosaurs played a dominant role in life on earth during their age. But then they came to an end. The rock layers containing human fossils consistently occur above those layers containing dinosaur fossils. Because of this, scientists generally conclude that humans came on the earthly scene later.

In this regard the book Palaeontology, by James Scott, states: “Even the earliest species of Homo sapiens (man) lived long after the disappearance of the dinosaurs . . . After tilting (through earth movement) has been allowed for, rocks containing fossil men consistently occur above those preserving the bones of the great dinosaur reptiles and it follows that the latter belong to an earlier age than the human remains.”

Answer 2

Some people have pointed to fossil footprints and
claim to be human. Glen Rose, TX has some nice
dinosaur footprints. There are a couple of weird ones
that people claim are human footprints. However, no
paleontologist views these as human. Even today, most
creationists do not believe that those are human
footprints. However, there are still a few that cling
to that.

To the person talking about the fossil boot. Give a
link to that amazing piece of information. If a human
fossil was found to be 30 million years old it would
be a tremendous find. I have never heard of it. Make
sure you aren't giving us a link to something you
found in "The Onion".

Also, one person made the speculation that human bones
and dinosaur bones deteriorated at different rates. I
have never heard about any studies to determine how
fast human bones deteriorate . However, you may want
to study how fossils are formed. The bones need to be
quickly buried so that they are preserved. If they are
left to the elements they will disintegrate pretty
quickly (a few years at most).

Now, there are some interesting finds that show
dinosaur footprints in rock after it has been shifted
by tectonics. For a track to become rock, it has to be
formed in mud. It then dries out and stays dry for a
long time. Then a layer is deposited over it that is a
different material that what the track was laid in.
Such as a silt layer over a more sandy soil. Then more
layers are on that and time happens. Lots of time. The
soil hardens and becomes rock. Later, erosion will
wash away the layers covering the tracks. None, of
this is a quick process. Now, this picture shows
tracks up a cliff. The tracks could not have been
preserved in a cliff. The mud on the cliff would have
rolled down and the tracks would have been ruined.
What happened is that the tracks were laid on flat
land and then fossilized. Then tectonics shifted the
land and caused this once horizontal land to become
vertical. That does not happen fast either. If it did
it would fracture. It would take millions of years to
fossilize the footprints and then millions of years to
warp the landscape so that the footprints became
vertical.

I know of a wonderful picture but I cannot find it on
the web. It is in a National Geographic that came out
in I think 1993. I am not sure of the month. It shows
a completely vertical wall with dinosaur footprints on
it. Once again, showing fossil formation followed by
tectonic shifting.

Finally, one more fact to think about. It is not just
humans that you never find with dinosaur bones. You
will never find mammoth fossils with dinosaur bones.
You will never find giant sloth bones with dinosaur
bones. On top of that, there are certain dinosaur
bones that are never found together. You would never
find a T-Rex and a Stegosaurus in the same layers. The
dinosaurs are found only in specific layers. A
Cretaceous dinosaur will only be found in cretaceous
rock. A Jurassic dinosaur will only be found in
Jurassic rock. A Triassic dinosaur will only be found
in Jurassic rock. This applies to all of the fossils
around the world.

Answer 3

Ive never heard that humans were around in the same era as the dinosaurs. The oldest human fossil ever found was in Ethiopia and is about 165,000 years old. It is the fossil of a male skeleton and is not intact, it is quite possible that human bones deteriorate much faster than the bones of a dinosaur.

Answer 4

Carbon dating is an unreliable source. There was a fossilised boot discovered in the plains of Western Australia which was dated to be 30 million years old, its was 20 years old. Dinosaur bones are bigger and stronger than human ones so they would deteriorate and erode a lot quicker leaving little trace of their existence at that time.

Cheers!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I believe you're talking about the fact that the earth dates back millions of years, and the universe even longer. A lot of Christians for some reason believe that the days of creation spoken of in the bible were literal days as we know them now.

However, time for God isn't the same as time for man. He's God, why should it be? Time, to Him, is both slow and fast, long and short. What seems soon to Him could be a million years for us, and what seems like a day to us could seem a million years for Him. The future for us could be the past for Him, or vice versa. Our concepts of time are entirely different from His, as He is unfettered by time.

I have no problem believing that the universe is older than the Earth, and that mankind has been around for longer than 4000 years. I also have no problem believing in God, for that matter.

Edit:
Or... to quote Douglas Adams - "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

Answer 7

Dinosaurs ate all the human remains and pooped them out so that it is impossible to find human remains...it was a form of clean up back before shovels.

Answer 8

Humans weren't everywhere on earth. And there have been fossils found that place humans well before we were supposed to be here. You don't hear about those.

Answer 9

Dinosaurs... and humans... took a very very very long time to get from one to another. And humans didn't live at the time of dinosaurs. Weirdo.

Answer 10

maybe the dinosaurs were not part of the current creation .... and maybe ur dating methods are flawed ... theres too many variables to draw a concrete conclusion so why do you want to ...