通常动植物死亡后的尸体很快就会消失，因为食腐动物和微生物很快就会把它们分解掉。大量的动植物化石之所以被保存下来，是因为这些化石在死后很快被埋葬。除非迅速掩埋，而且接下来很快发生了石化作用，否则多数生物的遗体将无法保存。

化石现象其实正好提示了灾难事件的存在。¹⁰⁹地质学的记录表明灾难性事件是存在的，有化石的地质学年代，可能正好是发生灾难的年代。¹¹⁰（详见《第八章》）

按照进化假说，人类从植物、动物、猿人、巧人（能人）、直立人、智人等慢慢“进化”而来，直到大约在公元前1万年左右新石器时代出现现代人¹¹¹。可是地质学发现，提示在早期人类出现之前的更久远年代¹¹²，就已经存在人类的脚印，让人们越来越困惑¹¹³。（详见《第八章》）

总之，寒武纪化石证明的生命大爆发的现象、线粒体DNA研究所发现的人类和大部分动物在地球上产生的年龄相同等等事实，构成了对达尔文进化假说有力的冲击。

化石不但不支持进化假说，而且似乎还在讲述着另一种生命起源的故事，这个版本不同于达尔文版本的“渐进演化”的概念。

地球上的生物物种不太可能像达尔文所讲的那种单一、线性、慢慢演化而来，用那种模型难以解释科学家的发现，科学家的发现一致性地提示──地球上生命的产生更可能是类似一种多次、重复、爆发式的模式。

也就是说，在非常久远的年代，生命爆发式产生之后，因遇到灾难性事件而灭绝；然后再次产生，再次灭绝，往复循环，这样似乎才能比较合理地解释上面所陈述的各种科学研究发现。（待续）

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