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Earliest Shark Scales Appeared Before Sharks Sharks
have changed little since they first became widespread in the Devonian, yet
their origins prior to the Devonian are still shrouded in mystery. Shark scales can be found as early as the the
Ordovician[1]
and early Silurian.[2] This is problematic for two reasons. First, this extends the sharks at least 30
million years back in time before they became common; and second, sharks have
jaws and teeth, which apparently did not evolve until later. A
less problematic date for the arrival of sharks is the late Silurian about 418
million years ago, since that is the date of the oldest dental laminate.[3] The first fish with jaws and teeth, the
acanthodians, emerged about that time.[4] [5] As such, the acanthodians are the presumed
ancestor of all fish with jaws. This
includes sharks. The
question is, how can we explain early Silurian and Ordovician reports of shark
scales, when they predate the arrival of the sharks presumed ancestors, the
acanthodians? If sharks came from
acanthodians, and the acanthodians did not arrive until 418 million years ago,
then how do we explain shark scales from more than 440 million years ago? One possibility is that the scales belonged
to various jawless fish or conodonts.
Certain jawless fish and conodonts had scales that were very similar to
shark scales.[6] Is
it therefore possible that the sharks evolved from jawless fish and conodonts,
not from acanthodians? If yes, then we
must consider the likelihood that jaws evolved twice among fish, once among the
acanthodians and again among sharks. And
how likely is it that these parallel evolutionary events would have happened to
coincide in the late Silurian? If such a
coincidence is considered improbable, then we must maintain the conventional
view that the sharks evolved from the acanthodians. Yet if we maintain this view, then how is it
that shark scales resemble the scales of certain jawless fish and
conodonts? One solution to this dilemma is the possibility that the early sharks were frankensteins. Space alien angels combined the tooth and jaw DNA of the acanthodians with the scale DNA of the jawless fish and conodonts, thereby creating the sharks as hybrids. Click to read more about fossil frankensteins. The creationist narrative in Genesis 1 is contradicted by many ancient Christian texts. Instead of an Almighty Creator God, ancient Christian texts espouse that the universe is born from blind arrogance and stupidity. The angels caused evolution to occur from species to species. There are many gods, (or aliens?), and the Christian God is just one among them. Satan the Devil writes scripture, and thus the Bible was polluted with Genesis 1. Archaeology and modern scholarship demonstrate that Genesis is indeed corrupted. Cavemen walk with Adam and Eve. Esoteric prophecies reveal the coming of Christ, and also reveal the dark forces that govern the cosmos. Such are the ancient Christian writings. Science vindicates the truth of these ideas. Evolution often happens too fast for Darwin’s theory. Gaps in the fossil record indicate that some kind of unnatural force acts together with natural selection. Astrobiology reveals that intelligent life probably evolved long before us. The fossil record reveals strange clues that aliens abducted species and transported them across oceans, and that DNA from diverse lineages was combined to spawn hybrid species. Evidently, aliens influence evolution, and they are the gods of the world’s religions. This is not fiction. All these facts are thoroughly documented in the links above. [1] Sansom, I J; Smith, M M; Smith, M P. Scales of Thelodont and Shark-like Fishes from the Ordovician of Colorado. 1996, Nature 379, p 628-630 [2] Karatajute-Talimaa, V; Novitskaya, L I; Rozman, H S; Sodov, Z. Mongolepis – A New Lower Silurian Genus of Elasmobranch from Mongolia. 1990, Paleontological Journal 1, p 76-86 [3] Botella, Hector. The Oldest Fossil Evidence of a Dental Lamina in Sharks. 2006, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4), p 1002-1003 [4] Burrow, Carole J. A Redescription of Atopacanthus Dentatus Hussakof and Bryant, 1918 (Acanthodii, Ischnacanthidae). 2004, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2), p 257-267 [5] Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina; Smith, Moya Meredith. Early Acanthodians from the Lower Silurian of Asia. 2003, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Transactions, Earth Sciences 93(3), p 277-299 [6] Marss, Tiiu. Exoskeletal Ultrasculpture of Early Vertebrates. 2006, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2), p 235-252 |
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