DNA in ancient Bacteria
In this video, Richard introduces an article which reports on the findings of DNA from bacteria in salt crystals, dated at 250 million years by conventional methods. It should be noted however that:
- The DNA is well preserved, which could not be the case given many millions of years.
- The DNA is remarkably similar to that is present day bacteria, which again could not be the case, given the number of mutations that would have occurred over millions of years.
This is yet further evidence in favour of a young earth.
