Creation Moment 2/6/2024 - If one took all these assumptions of evolution out of the article.........

I have seen the foolish taking root: Job 5:3

"Microbes that gave rise to all plants and animals became multicellular 1.6 billion years ago, tiny fossils reveal (Science, 24 Jan 2024). 

This article expresses surprise that “eukaryotes— which features compartmentalized cells and includes everything from redwoods to jellies to people—became multicellular some 600 million years earlier than scientists once generally thought.” 

If you look at the references to evolution in this article, they are all by “evolutionary biologists” who merely assume that everything “evolved”—the classic error of begging the question. 

Example:

"Prokaryotes evolved first, up to 3.9 billion years ago; within a few hundred million years, some of them, the cyanobacteria, began to form chains of cells, considered an advance in life’s complexity. About 2 billion years ago, much larger, single-cell eukaryotes bearing nuclei showed up. For decades, researchers thought eukaryotes didn’t form simple multicellular structures until 1 billion years after they arose, and that once chain structures evolved, more elaborate body plans—animals with organs—appeared soon after."

Notice all the euphemisms for evolution: 

complex organisms formed. 

They showed up. 

They arose. 

They appeared. 

This is magical thinking. 

If one took all these assumptions of evolution out of the article, it would have nothing to say scientifically." 

CEH