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The ink sacs belonged to a cephalopod, the group that includes squid, and cuttlefish, 160 million years ago, during the Jurassic era. The molecular structure of the ancient ink is surprisingly similar to that of modern cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, said study researcher John Simon, a professor of chemistry at the University of Virginia. There are signs that amino acids, the molecules that make up proteins, still persist in fossilized pigment, Simon added, which would give researchers an unprecedented look at the building blocks of nature's colors."
Now for the kicker- "The 'aha moment' for me was when we looked at the techniques for chemical bonding and we couldn't find anything that distinguished the pigment in the fossil from the pigment in a modern-day cuttlefish, which suggests the pigment hasn't changed in 160 million years," Simon said. "When I think about other evolutionary transitions that just amazes me."Of course it hasn't change in 160 million years...it isn't millions of years old and was CREATED as IS....
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, Genesis 1:21
