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Fantasywriter,

Sakic, it’s not improbable. It’s impossible. Protein, blood, soft-tissue—they cannot & do not remain intact for even one million yrs. This is a fact.

What do you base that on? Actually, it wasn't that long ago that a number of scientists were speculating that we may be able to sequence dino dna using new technology (like PCR) by finding pieces of DNA that might survive in certain environments (such as in amber).

This is what inspired Crichton to write Jurassic Park. A couple of decades later, we're still waiting for a single dino nucleotide.

And bear in mind that the "soft tissue" we're finding is bits of protein that decay vastly slower than dna.

In any case, it doesn't seem "impossible," IMO, to find microscopic bits of protein buried deep inside fossilized bones tens of millions of years old, when you consider that we find complete mammoths that are tens of thousands of years old that look like they died a few days ago.

Did you look at the slides? There were actual blood vessels w blood inside. Here’s a quote:

“During microscopic examination of the fossilized remains, it was noted that some portions of the long bones had not mineralized, but were in fact original bone. Upon closer examination it was noted that within the vascular system of this bone were what appeared to be red blood cells “

Does that really sound like a 65 million yo specimen to you?

The info on the ‘68 million’ yo specimen is even more astounding. Read the actual account it. What you described doesn’t match what was found at all:

http://www.detectingdesign.com/fossilrecord.html

Yo do know don’t you that claiming the age for dinos and wooly mammoths is not really science - there is no way to repeat the past history and why shouldn’t the wooly mammoth meat be fresh if it’s preserved in a deep freeze for the entire length of its’ burial?

Also the scientific research on wooly mammoths is somewhat contradictory depending upon the researchers as it appears the hair was more likely used for cooling not warming the beasts. Their daily nutritional requirements exceed those of the elephants and yet were led to believe they scoured the frozen tundra of the present day arctic?!?!

There are many pieces to the life sciences puzzle and lots of creation science research has uncovered plenty of facts contrary to long ages evolutionary thinking...

101 Evidences for a Young Age of the Earth...And the Universe
http://creation.com/age-of-the-earth

Center for Scientific Creation - In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood
http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/IntheBeginningTOC.html