THIS FOSSIL THORN seems to be another first find blessing as John Mackay and Joseph Hubbard spent a day at one of our famous vertical fossil tree sites at Newcastle NSW. Our discovery seems to be the first fossil thorn found in Newcastle Coal seams (top right) that we can track in any official records.

This was soon followed by a second one (left) with an even clearer view of a stem with thorns. The stem structure shows it appears to be a Neuropteris seed fern species, previously not recorded at this site nor any equivalent site Australia wide. Potentially this may even be a new species… see one of our previous Neuropteris finds from Canada (bottom left) and classic Neuropteris diagram (bottom left).

The significance of these fossil thorns is twofold: 1) they represent a breakthrough for research in Australia, particularly if it’s a new species; 2) they represent a kick in the teeth for all theistic evolutionists who argue God used millions of years of evolution to create, then have the audacity to say they believe the Bible as a history of salvation. But the Biblical history of salvation, is a history of real people in real time, with a real problem called sin, in need of a real Saviour Jesus, who died with ‘real thorns’ on His head, because thorns and sin are related. The first Adam sinned and thorns are one result. The last Adam (Christ) died to deal with all consequences of sin ..thorns included. Real thorns did not come onto this planet until after man was created, so theistic evolutionists spit in the face of the Creator Christ with their man honouring theories.