Species Introduction Around the World After the Flood
by Owen Borville
November 13, 2018
Biology
Animal species have been introduced to new lands and new continents outside of the Mount Ararat region of Central Asia and the Old World for thousands of years since the Genesis Flood. As humans spread throughout the Earth after the flood and the Tower of Babel incident where the languages were confused, animals have been introduced to new lands throughout the world. Sea vessels were built and gradually improved over the years to enable long voyages across the oceans. Animals were transported across the earth for food supply and to trade with other nations. The Australian Dingo (dog) is believed to have been introduced by Asian seafarers 4,000 years ago. Many animal species, including mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects were introduced to East Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Antarctica since the Flood. Some species introductions have had negative consequences, such as causing the extinction of other species and predation. Some species have also been introduced to control the population of other species. Humans also introduced new species to new lands for food supply and valuable animal products, such as agricultural and non-agricultural products. Horses were introduced to Europe, the Americas, and Australia for a variety of human uses. European exploration of the world since the 15th century allowed for more species introduction. While some animal kinds could have traveled independently across the earth, such as birds, flying insects, and deer, the more likely explanation is that animal kinds were introduced by humans, particularly across the ocean to the Americas. Mainstream academia routinely mentions the land bridges that likely existed after the ice age that connected to Australia and Alaska, but all animal kinds likely did not use this path to reach their current habitats. For example, certain unique animal kinds of the Amazon jungles are not very mobile and likely could not have traveled from Asia independently, such as the sloth. These animal kinds likely were introduced by humans within the last 500 years of human exploration of the South American continent. While academia and mainstream science continues to propose the idea of "rafting," or animal transport by water on rafts containing plant material, this is not a likely explanation across the long distances of the large oceans like the Atlantic and Pacific. Both evolutionists and creationists propose that some insects and other animals could have survived on vegetative rafts in the oceans, particularly during the flood and this is entirely possible. However, the Biblical scripture states that pairs of all land animals "with the breath of life" (Genesis 7:15) were taken as passengers of the Ark. Certainly insects are some of the smallest animals and would be the easiest to transport on the Ark. In addition, these insects were likely introduced around the world after the flood as humans traveled by boat across the oceans. Some of the insect introductions were likely unintentional as some insects "snuck" aboard the boats.
by Owen Borville
November 13, 2018
Biology
Animal species have been introduced to new lands and new continents outside of the Mount Ararat region of Central Asia and the Old World for thousands of years since the Genesis Flood. As humans spread throughout the Earth after the flood and the Tower of Babel incident where the languages were confused, animals have been introduced to new lands throughout the world. Sea vessels were built and gradually improved over the years to enable long voyages across the oceans. Animals were transported across the earth for food supply and to trade with other nations. The Australian Dingo (dog) is believed to have been introduced by Asian seafarers 4,000 years ago. Many animal species, including mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects were introduced to East Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Antarctica since the Flood. Some species introductions have had negative consequences, such as causing the extinction of other species and predation. Some species have also been introduced to control the population of other species. Humans also introduced new species to new lands for food supply and valuable animal products, such as agricultural and non-agricultural products. Horses were introduced to Europe, the Americas, and Australia for a variety of human uses. European exploration of the world since the 15th century allowed for more species introduction. While some animal kinds could have traveled independently across the earth, such as birds, flying insects, and deer, the more likely explanation is that animal kinds were introduced by humans, particularly across the ocean to the Americas. Mainstream academia routinely mentions the land bridges that likely existed after the ice age that connected to Australia and Alaska, but all animal kinds likely did not use this path to reach their current habitats. For example, certain unique animal kinds of the Amazon jungles are not very mobile and likely could not have traveled from Asia independently, such as the sloth. These animal kinds likely were introduced by humans within the last 500 years of human exploration of the South American continent. While academia and mainstream science continues to propose the idea of "rafting," or animal transport by water on rafts containing plant material, this is not a likely explanation across the long distances of the large oceans like the Atlantic and Pacific. Both evolutionists and creationists propose that some insects and other animals could have survived on vegetative rafts in the oceans, particularly during the flood and this is entirely possible. However, the Biblical scripture states that pairs of all land animals "with the breath of life" (Genesis 7:15) were taken as passengers of the Ark. Certainly insects are some of the smallest animals and would be the easiest to transport on the Ark. In addition, these insects were likely introduced around the world after the flood as humans traveled by boat across the oceans. Some of the insect introductions were likely unintentional as some insects "snuck" aboard the boats.