ROVE BEETLE, FLIES
FOSSIL NO: AI0554
AGE: 45 million years
TERM: Eocene
LOCATION: Baltic States, Jantarny, Russia
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The oldest fossils of rove beetles, belonging to the family of Staphylinidae , are from the Triassic period (248 to 206 million years ago). Two flies were fossilized beside this beetle in the amber. The rove beetles that lived 200 million years ago and those that lived 45 million years ago are no different from those that are still alive today. This situation, which proves that they never underwent evolution, also shows that Creation is a fact.