Cryptozoology
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Cryptozoology ("Study of hidden life") is the study of mysterious and elusive animals. It is relevent to creationism in that many creationists believe that dinosaurs still existed on Earth within the past few thousand years, rather than having gone extinct millions of years ago.
The credibility of Darwin's philosophy of universal (or unlimited) common ancestry requires many living things to have lived in the distant past; "ancient" creatures must, for the most part, have differed from living ones to make believable all the many forms which would have had to have been the progenitors of all presently-living forms.
Dinosaurs and pterosaurs seemed to satisfy the Darwinist demands for "ancient" creatures that differed greatly from present life forms. For over 150 years, almost all expeditions to find evidences for dinosaurs and pterosaurs have been for uncovering standard fossils, not "living fossils." Funding of searches for living dinosaurs and pterosaurs has been mostly from personal funds of the explorers. Major expeditions are as rare as the dinosaurs and pterosaurs investigators seek. This has delayed officially recognized discoveries of previously unconfirmed creatures (labeled "cryptids.") that might be living dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
Recently, cryptozoologists have been investigating reports and photos of living pterosaurs, in particular the ropen.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Related References
- Cryptozoology.com
- What is Cryptozoology? By J.P. Bates
- Is the Ropen a Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur? by Jonathan Whitcomb, C.C.V.
Related News
- Fishermen's observation re-stirs Champ debate Burlington Free Press August 18, 2005
- Bioluminescent Pterosaurs EWorldWire Press Release February 7, 2007
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