If the earth is really millions of years old, where are all the bones?

Question

where are all the dinosaur bones and such? If the earth is millions of years old there should be alot more bones. This proves evolution is a scam

Answer 1

Bones are composed of minerals right? So, where does minerals come from, earth's geological features. And where does it go? Into the earth.

Answer 2

There are geological records that show the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. There are records of 3.5 billion year old rocks found on every continent.

And while you are correct that evolution relies on this being true, don't you realize how easily bones break? Think about how easily bones would break apart and eventually be decomposed by millions of years behind it and millions of tons of dirt above it.

Not to mention the amount of dirt that covers everything from that era would take a long time to get too. Where does oil come from if not from the dinosaur era? Think about how far down that is- that's from the dinosaur era.

I think it's more amazing that bones that are millions and millions of years old have been close enough to the surface to be discovered- do you think in 200 million years someone will find your bones?

Answer 3

This is not an important point for evolution, but it is easy to explain why we are not swimming in bones.

Bones don't really last for that long. Bones can be readily eaten by many carnivores.

What happens when you give a bone to your dog? It dissappears in a few days.

Imagine what happens in the wild with dogs and rats and other omnivores eating on it.

It is very rare that a bone lasts to be looked at.

With dinosaurs we are not looking at bones at all. We are looking at rock. When a body is covered very rapidly, doesn't get to be eaten. Over large periods of time the bone and dirt around it trade places. This leaves an image of the bone in rock. This is what is called a fossil.

The many, many' proofs that evolution or something like it happened are not based on only bones. It is the layering of rock strata, DNA comparisons, Radioactive dating, and just plain looking at the species around us to see who is related to who.

Evolution has be supported by every new scientific field. It is not a fact that evolution happened it is just that so many different fields agree that it had to be something like evolution that did.

Answer 4

They've decomposed - into food for other organisms or into fossil fuels.
Have YOU searched all over the world for bones? The ones we find are freak accidents. They've been unintentionally preserved. Remember how the Egyptians had to do all sorts of procedures to dead bodies just to preserve them? That's because bones naturally break down and return to the soil. So, your questions should also apply to today: since there have been so many people throughout history, shouldn't Earth be full of the bones of our ancestors?

Sorry to disappoint you, but lack of bones is actually evidence FOR evolution. The biological components are recycled and incorporated into a new generation that improves upon the older one.

Answer 5

No, this proves you know nothing of the process of fossilization. Even hard material like bone needs to be put in certain situations to be preserved and actually survive to this time. And we do have literally MILLIONS OF TONS of bone matter.. its called 'lime stone'.

Something for you to consider, we have bears right? we know they're out there this very minute, so, when was the last time you saw a beat skeleton? Even park rangers! the guys who watch the bears never see bear skeletons. You could say bears dont exsist.

Answer 6

Many of the oldest bones may have got converted in oil or coal etc
Even after formation of earth it took many, many years for evolution of life like

Answer 7

One of 3 things: a) dug up and in a museum/university collection b) still in the rocks or c) destroyed by weathering.

Stop trying to "prove" anything. Use some common sense for a change.

Answer 8

Bones will deteriorate over a period of time, and in millions of years, there will be no trace of them.

Answer 9

Bones like all other things have decomposed and hence are everywhere and also nowhere.

Answer 10

Bone's don't last forever, nothing does.