www.icr.org "Soft parts" and "505 million years" are an example of an oxymoron. ox·y·mo·ron Show Spelled[ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr-] Show IPA noun, plural ox·y·mo·ra Show Spelled[ok-si-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh] Show IPA, ox·y·mor·ons. Rhetoric . a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly." "Evolution is real science" The Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, is one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields,[2] and the best of its kind.[3] It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At 505 million years (Middle Cambrian) old[4] it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing the imprints of soft-parts. Dating the Cambrian Accurate absolute radiometric dates for much of the Cambrian, obtained by detailed analysis of radioactive elements contained within rocks, have only rather recently become available, and for only a few regions.[20] Relative dating (A was before B) is often sufficient for studying processes of evolution, but this too has been difficult, because of the problems involved in matching up rocks of the same age across different continents.[21] Therefore dates or descriptions of sequences of events should be regarded with some caution until better data [Weasel Words] becomes available. Trace fossils Trace fossils (burrows etc.) are a reliable indicator of what life was around, and indicate a ...

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