“Snowball Earth”—a problem for the supposed origin of multicellular animals

“Evolutionary scientists suggest that several ice ages that occurred hundreds of millions to billions of years ago actually extended to the equator—the “snowball earth” hypothesis. A major problem is that the snowball condition would be permanent unless there was some catastrophic event to reverse it. Evolutionists face a major problem. Life was supposed to be evolving into multicellular forms at this time— a difficult task in light of a global ice age. Rock formations also suggest a very hot period immediately after, and sometimes during, these ice ages.

To accommodate this, a freeze-fry model was created that allowed the rapid diversification of multicellular life. Volcanoes penetrated the ice and spewed carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, increasing temperatures through the greenhouse effect. A rapid reversal of temperature provided an opportunity for organisms to diversify. Not only did this happen once but five times in the evolutionary model. These cycles limit the likelihood of evolution occurring even further. There are many other significant problems with the model, and computer simulations have failed to show its viability. Trying to explain the explosion of life at the beginning of the Cambrian Period while accommodating climate extremes has proven an impossible puzzle for evolutionists to solve. Creationists can explain the rock evidence in terms of underwater landslides and rock formation during the hot-ocean phase of the Genesis Flood. The abrupt appearance of multicellular organisms is also easily accounted for in the account of creation.” Evolution Exposed, Second Ed., “Snowball Earth”—a problem for the supposed origin of multicellular animals, Oard. www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v16/i1/snowball.asp

“Snowball Earth”—a problem for the supposed origin of multicellular animals