Whoops! A creationist museum supporter stumbled upon a major fossil find.
By Rachel Feltman
Canadian Edgar Nernberg isn't into the whole evolution thing. In fact, he's on the board of directors of Big Valley’s Creation Science Museum, a place meant to rival local scientific institutions. Adhering to the most extreme form of religious creationism, the exhibits "prove" that the Earth is only around 6,000 years old, and that humans and dinosaurs co-existed.
Unfortunately, Nernberg just dug up a 60-million-year-old fish.
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Local outlets report that the man is far from shaken by the bony fish, which he found while excavating a basement in Calgary.
Because here's the thing: He just doesn't believe they're that old. And he's quite the fossil lover.
“No, it hasn’t changed my mind. We all have the same evidence, and it’s just a matter of how you interpret it,” Nernberg told the Calgary Sun. “There’s no dates stamped on these things."
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Alberta Creationist Finds 60-Million-Year-Old Fossils
The Huffington Post Alberta | By Michelle Butterfield
Posted: 05/28/2015 1:16 pm EDT Updated: 05/28/2015 1:59 pm EDT
Alberta creationist Edgar Nernberg may not believe in the existence of 60-million-year-old fossils, but that's exactly what he came across while excavating a Calgary basement recently.
Nernberg, who sits on the board of directors of Big Valley’s Creation Science Museum, works for a local excavation company and was digging out a basement in the community of Evanston when he found five fish fossils in a block of sandstone, reports CBC News.
(A look at the basement pit where Nernberg made his discovery.
Photo courtesy Darla Zelenitsky, University of Calgary)
When the five fish fossils presented themselves to me in the excavator bucket, the first thing I said was you’re coming home with me, the second thing was I better call a paleontologist," Nernberg said in a statement.
(The site where Nernberg made his discovery.
Photo courtesy Darla Zelenitsky, University of Calgary)
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