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Hominins and feathered dinosaurs get all the publicity, but what even is a non-mammalian synapsid? They are some of the weirdest and coolest fossils in the fossil record, and they get almost no attention! Join Todd and Paul as they chat with paleontologist Matt McLain about these weird fossils. Do they really prove mammal evolution, or is there much more to the story? Find out on this episode of Let's Talk Creation!Episodes mentioned in this episodeEpisode 8Where is My Missing Link?https://youtu.be/KlHuBactLEEEpisode 42Why are Horse Fossils Important to Creationists?https://youtu.be/ZtDvd7mcAQgPlaylist of Paleoanthropologyhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOzn-NecEi8EQEPL-CsmVZRo--osOXXFfMaterials Mentioned in this EpisodeThe origin and evolution of mammalsTS Kemp https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-origin-and-evolution-of-mammals-9780198507611?cc=us&lang=en&von Baer, Karl Ernst. Über Entwickelungsgeschichte der Thiere. Beobachtung und reflexion. [On the Developmental History of the Animals. Observations and Reflections]. Königsberg: 1828. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28306Written in GermanBiography on von Baer.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Ernst-Ritter-von-Baer-Edler-von-HuthornKemp, TS. 2009. Phylogenetic interrelationships and pattern of evolution of the therapsides: testing for polytomyhttps://www.tskempoxford.com/_files/ugd/0c689e_1b3b7fcb16b4447e848ad84a1362b1f6.pdf🏫Support Paul’s work at Biblical Creation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/⛺Come to our Spring RetreatGet Tickets here: https://coresci.org/smokiesOr email info@coresci.org to get information on the next retreat 🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring of the Next Generation of Creation Scholars https://coresci.org/index.php/sanders-scholars/🔬Join Todd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreports🎁Give to the Core Academy general fundhttps://coresci.org/donate🎁Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.org📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.org🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.orgEmail us with comments or questions at: podcast@coresci.orgCheck us out on social media and consider donating to support this podcastCore Academy of Science Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website: https://coresci.org/ Biblical Creation Trust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrust Twitter: https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website: https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/For questions and comments email podcast@coresci.org Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect orhttps://biblicalcreationtrust.org*Disclaimer: Things mentioned in the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places, or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links to material for our listeners.

Were the Flood waters filled with chemical contamination? Did Noah and company leave the ark to find a world poisoned with toxic sludge? In their latest episode, Todd and Paul chat with chemist Aaron Hutchison about the toxic elements arsenic and mercury. Dr. Hutchison explains his research on these dangerous elements and what would have happened to them during the Flood. Listen in and find out how the Lord preserved us from toxic contamination!Materials mentioned in this episodeHutchison, A.R. Mercury and the Genesis Flood: a response to Morton, pp.31-33 in: Hutchison, A.R. and J.H. Whitmore (eds), Proceedings of the First Conference on Creation Geology (Creation Research Science Education Foundation, Columbus, OH).Hutchison, A.R. 2009. Mercury toxicity and the Genesis Flood, pp.29-44 in: Oard, M.J. and J.K. Reed (eds), Rock Solid Answers (Master Books, Green Forest, AR). https://assets.answersingenesis.org/doc/articles/am/v5/n2/rock-solid-answers-ch3.pdfHutchison, A. 2010. Did mercury poisoning create a toxic Flood? Answers 5(2):70-73. https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/did-mercury-poisoning-create-a-toxic-flood/Hutchison, A.R. and C. Bortel. 2018. The fate of arsenic in Noah's Flood, pp.229-237 in: Whitmore, J.H. (ed), Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism (Creation Science Fellowship, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=icc_proceedingsHutchison, A. 2021. A Flood of arsenic. Answers 16(2):30-32. https://answersingenesis.org/chemistry/flood-arsenic/🏫Support Paul’s work at Biblical Creation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/⛺Come to our Spring RetreatGet Tickets here: https://coresci.org/smokiesOr email info@coresci.org to get information on the next retreat 🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring of the Next Generation of Creation Scholars https://coresci.org/index.php/sanders-scholars/🔬Join Todd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreports🎁Give to the Core Academy general fundhttps://coresci.org/donate🎁Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.org📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.org🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.orgEmail us with comments or questions at: podcast@coresci.orgCheck us out on social media and consider donating to support this podcastCore Academy of Science Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website: https://coresci.org/ Biblical Creation Trust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrust Twitter: https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website: https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/For questions and comments email podcast@coresci.org Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect orhttps://biblicalcreationtrust.org*Disclaimer: Things mentioned in the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places, or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links to material for our listeners.

We often hear the claim that creationism is a recent theological error, but there have been young age creationists for most of the history of the church. In this episode, Todd and Paul chat with Warren Johns about the Scriptural Geologists, a group of creationists active during the earliest growth of the science of geology. Back before geologists were geologists, there were still creationists holding the faith! Learn all about them in this week's episode of Let's Talk Creation!Materials mentioned in this episodeJohns, Warren H. “Scriptural Geology, 1820-1860: An Essay and Review.” Origins, no. 62 (Jan. 1, 2008). Online link: https://www.grisda.org/origins-62042Johns, Warren H. “Scriptural Geology, Then and Now.” Answers Research Journal, vol. 9 (2016). Online link: Scriptural Geology, Then and NowMortenson, Terry. 2004. The Great Turning Point. https://a.co/d/9xeZ6i2Young, George, and John Bird. 1822. A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/44925.Haber, Francis. 1959. Age of the World: Moses to Darwin. https://a.co/d/hMgPjS4The list of Terry Mortenson’s articles on the scriptural geologists are found at the bottom of his biography hosted by Creation Ministries International.https://creation.com/en/people/dr-terry-mortensonNelson, Byron. 1931. The deluge story in stone: A history of the flood theory of geology. https://creation.com/en/people/dr-terry-mortensonMcIver, Tom. 1992. Anti-Evolution: A Reader's Guide to Writings Before and After Darwin. https://a.co/d/h0sFClc🏫Support Paul’s work at Biblical Creation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/⛺Come to our Fall RetreatTheme: The FallSpeaker: Todd WoodGet Tickets here: https://coresci.org/smokies🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring of the Next Generation of Creation Scholars https://coresci.org/index.php/sanders-scholars/🔬Join Todd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreports🎁Give to the Core Academy general fundhttps://coresci.org/donate🎁Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.org📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.org🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.orgEmail us with comments or questions at: podcast@coresci.orgCheck us out on social media and consider donating to support this podcastCore Academy of Science Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website: https://coresci.org/ Biblical Creation Trust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrust Twitter: https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website: https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/For questions and comments email podcast@coresci.org Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect orhttps://biblicalcreationtrust.org*Disclaimer: Things mentioned in the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places, or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links to material for our listeners.

Sometimes the fossil record preserves some really astonishing traces of past life, including footprints and even burrows! But how can there be burrows if the fossil record were formed by a singular, catastrophic flood? Leonard Brand wondered this very same question and set out to try to understand how much of a problem this really is. Todd and Paul chat with him about his research on fossil burrows and learn the shocking reality of the fossil record. There just aren't that many burrows at all! What does this mean for the flood or for long age geology? Find out in this latest episode of Let's Talk Creation! #creationism #creationscienceMaterials mentioned in this episodeBrand, Leonard and Art Chadwick. Faith, Reason, and Earth History:A Paradigm of Earth and Biological Origins by Intelligent Design, 3rd edition. 2016Hardcover: https://a.co/d/2VodNGjFree EPUB: https://cdn.ministerialassociation.org/cdn/eldersdigest.org/files/Faith,%20Reason,%20and%20Earth%20History%20by%20Leonard%20Brand%20and%20Arthur%20Chadwick.pdf Östring , Sven. Rising Waters, Enduring Faith: Investigating the Historical & Global Reality of the Biblical Flood. 2025.https://a.co/d/3IQcdAz Bromley RG. Trace Fossils: Biology, Taphonomy and Applications. 3rd ed. London: Chapman and Hall; 1996. https://archive.org/details/tracefossilsbiol0000brom 🏫Support Paul’s work at BiblicalCreation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/ ⛺Come to our Fall RetreatTheme: The FallSpeaker: Todd WoodGet Tickets here: https://coresci.org/smokies 🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring ofthe Next Generation of Creation Scholars https://coresci.org/index.php/sanders-scholars/ 🔬JoinTodd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreports 🎁Give to the Core Academy general fund https://coresci.org/donate 🎁Please consider supporting thiswork by going to https://coresci.org/connector https://biblicalcreationtrust.org 📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.org 🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.org Emailus with comments or questions at: podcast@coresci.orgCheck us out on social media and consider donating to support this podcast CoreAcademy of Science Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website:https://coresci.org/ Biblical Creation Trust Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrust Twitter:https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website:https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/ For questions and comments email podcast@coresci.org Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.org *Disclaimer: Things mentionedin the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places,or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links tomaterial for our listeners.

When Todd isn't recording podcasts with Paul, what does he do all day? Find out in this episode as Paul learns all about the ministry of Core Academy. From scholarships to retreats to student mentoring, Core Academy is dedicated to training up a new generation of creation scholars. Find out more at coresci.org! Please excuse our sound quality, we are working to fix the issue.Core Academy of Science Important Links and Information⛺Come to our Fall RetreatTheme: The FallSpeaker: Todd WoodGet Tickets here: https://coresci.org/smokies🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring of the Next Generation of Creation Scholarshttps://coresci.org/index.php/sanders-scholars/🎁Give to the Core Academy general fundhttps://coresci.org/donate📘Search the Core Academy Library https://coresci.org/libraryContact Core Academy at info@coresci.org if you want more information about the holdings of the Core Academy Library. Many of our archive materials are not catalogued online yet.Materials includedThe Papers of Wayne FrairEphemera pertaining to the Scopes TrialEphemera pertaining to the movie and play Inherit the Wind🏫Support Paul’s work at Biblical Creation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/🎁Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.org📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.org🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.org🔬Join Todd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreportsEmail us with comments or questions at: podcast@coresci.orgCheck us out on social media and consider donating to support this podcastCore Academy of Science Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website: https://coresci.org/ Biblical Creation Trust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrust Twitter: https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website: https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/For questions and comments email podcast@coresci.org Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect orhttps://biblicalcreationtrust.org*Disclaimer: Things mentioned in the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places, or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links to material for our listeners.

How did slow animals like sloths get from Noah's Ark in the mountains of Ararat to the jungles of South America? Is that a death blow to creationist thinking? Paul and Todd give some basic answers to this question and more in their latest episode as they wrap up their short series describing the world after the Flood. Listen in on their conversation to find out how the residual catastrophism of earthquakes and volcanoes and glaciation combine with ideas of diversification within created kinds to explain how animals got to their present homes. All that and sloths too!Materials MentionedTerrestrial Mammal Families and Creationist Perspectives on Speciation by Todd Woodhttps://coresci.org/jcts/index.php/jctsb/article/view/4Rafting: A Post-Flood Biogeographic Dispersal Mechanism by Wise and Croxtonhttps://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol5/iss1/37/A Creationist Review and Preliminary Analysis of the History, Geology, Climate, and Biology of the Galapagos Islands by Todd Woodhttps://amzn.to/40uEU1JLet's Talk Creation episodesAfter the Flood 1: The Earth Recovershttps://youtu.be/ikZUWXAbHV8After the Flood 2: Diversity of Lifehttps://youtu.be/iClXtpmTjJM🏫Support Paul’s work at Biblical Creation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/🎁Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.org📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.org🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.org🔬Join Todd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreportsEmail us with comments or questions at: podcast@coresci.orgCheck us out on social media and consider donating to support this podcastCore Academy of Science Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website: https://coresci.org/ Biblical Creation Trust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrust Twitter: https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website: https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/For questions and comments email podcast@coresci.org Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect orhttps://biblicalcreationtrust.org*Disclaimer: Things mentioned in the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places, or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links to material for our listeners.