That Proof of Evolution Creationists Always Say Doesn’t Exist? Here’s Some Of It Now
Thursday, June 1st, 2006Discovery of eight previously unknown, ancient animal species within “a new and unique underground ecosystem” in Israel was revealed today by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers.
[…] The cave, which has been dubbed the Ayalon Cave, is “unique in the world,” said Prof. Amos Frumkin of the Hebrew University Department of Geography. This is due mainly to its isolation from the outside world, since the cave’s surface is situated under a layer of chalk that is impenetrable to water. The cave, with its branches, extends over some 21â„2 kilometers, making it Israel’s second largest limestone cave. It is to remain closed to the public to permit further scientific research.
The invertebrate animals found in the cave – four seawater and freshwater crustaceans and four terrestial species – are related to but different from other, similar life forms known to scientists. The species have been sent to biological experts in both Israel and abroad for further analysis and dating. It is estimated that these species are millions of years old. Also found in the cave were bacteria that serve as the basic food source in the ecosystem.
8 new species, all of them related to other species outside th ecave system, but adapted to become eyeless, because they’ve been living in a lightless environment for 5 million years, isolated. It’s a perfect Evolutionary laboratory.
