Pelicans have had their long beaks for a very long time.
Joel Kontinen
Evolution is often defined as change over time but fossil discoveries frequently tell a very different story. Recently, doctor Antoine Louchart of the University of Lyon, France, found a ”30 million”-year-old pelican fossil in a colleague’s collection. It was originally discovered in the 1980s in southern France.
Louchart told BBC that the fossil resembled today's pelicans. The surprisingly well preserved fossil is almost like a copy of pelicans still living.
Like living fossils, non-living fossils often give support to the after its kind principle found in Genesis.
Source:
Walker, Matt. 2010. Oldest prehistoric pelican also had big beak. BBC News (11 June) http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8733000/8733503.stm
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