Although I make use of the conventional labels and sequences of the evolutionary-based geologic column—terms such as Cambrian, Permian, Jurassic, and so forth—I do so purely out of convenience, not from any agreement with the philosophical or historical assumptions underpinning them. These labels serve as useful shorthand for describing the stratified layers we observe in the geological record, but I do not believe they correspond to distinct epochs spanning millions of years. Rather, I understand them to represent the deposits left by a series of catastrophic events—primarily the Great Flood and its aftermath.
When I refer, for example, to the Cambrian-Permian period, I am not describing a long series of evolutionary ages. Instead, I see it as a singular pre-Flood era that culminated in the global cataclysm of the Flood itself. The so-called Cambrian and Permian extinction events, viewed through this lens, are in fact one and the same event—the Flood—recorded in different sedimentary contexts. Thus, these geologic layers do not reflect discrete, evolutionary eras but rather stratified results of immense hydrological and geological upheaval occurring within a compressed timespan, not over eons.
To clarify: there was no actual “Cambrian period” in the evolutionary sense. It is simply the name given to one of the sedimentary deposit levels formed during the Flood. When I say that the pre-Flood world corresponds to Cambrian-Permian, I mean this is the earth system and biosphere that existed before being buried beneath the geological layers we now associate with these terms. Under this understanding, the so-called Archean crust represents the land surface prior to the Flood, upon which the Cambrian-Permian deposits were rapidly laid down during that single, year-long cataclysm.
A similar pattern is found in what is conventionally labeled the Jurassic-Cretaceous-Paleocene-Eocene period. I consider this a single post-Flood epoch, stretching from around 1850 to 1654 BC, that ended in another global disaster. This disaster, which corresponds with worldwide wars and cataclysmic environmental events—including the destruction of many of the remaining dinosaur species—produced the multiple deposit layers given those names. In my view, the extinction of dinosaurs did not take place at the end of a specific “Jurassic” period, but at the culmination of this longer, more complex epoch marked by major disruptions.
While some fellow Creationists agree with me in placing the boundary of the Flood near the end of the Permian, others prefer to situate it lower in the geologic column—some at the end of the Cretaceous, others even at the end of the Pliocene. These differences often stem from how many global catastrophes one accepts: many hold to a single Flood event, whereas I propose a series of worldwide cataclysms over the millennia following the original deluge.
A Revised Timeline of Earth's History
Based on this framework, I date the Triassic period from 2005–1850 BC, the Jurassic-Cretaceous-Paleocene-Eocene period from 1850–1654 BC, and the Neogene—from the Miocene to the so-called “Egliocene”—as spanning from 1654 to 1470 BC. This era includes two nuclear winters (1654–1647 BC and 1513–1506 BC) and transitions into the Ice Age or Pleistocene, which I date from 1470 to 1350 BC. Unlike the evolutionary model that stretches the Ice Age over tens of thousands of years, I view it as a 120-year event, triggered by a celestial encounter involving the planet Venus. During this event, I propose that frozen water from Venus was deposited upon the Northern Hemisphere, initiating the great glaciation.
This Ice Age was followed by a warm period—the so-called Eemian interglacial—stretching from 1350 to 968 BC, which I equate with the historical Bronze Age Warm Period. It was a time when forests flourished even within the Arctic Circle and hippopotamuses roamed regions as far north as Britain. However, we must be cautious in dating remains from this period, as evolutionary dating methods often conflate it with later warm periods like the Roman and Medieval Warm eras. The so-called “Cretaceous Greenhouse” (dated by evolutionists to 92 million years ago) and the “Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum” (dated to 56 million years ago) in fact occurred, in my view, during this 1850–1654 BC epoch of post-Flood flourishing and upheaval.
It’s also crucial to note that the evolutionary terms such as Eocene, Paleocene, etc., do not always translate well between hemispheres. This is largely due to modern misunderstandings about the historical geography of Antarctica. Evolutionary geologists claim that Antarctica drifted to its present location over the South Pole during the Eocene, approximately 38 million years ago. However, I propose that Antarctica was still connected to Australia, Zealandia, and the Kerguelen Plateau up until a dramatic shift around 1530 AD. At that time, Antarctica was rapidly pulled southward in a cataclysm that also brought massive quantities of water from outer space, which immediately froze upon contact. Prior to this, Antarctica had a tropical climate—far more recently than evolutionary models allow.
Indeed, prior to 540 AD, Antarctica was joined to Zealandia (which began to submerge in 540 AD) and to Mauritia (which broke from Africa around the same time). The Indian Ocean, as depicted by Ptolemy, was an enclosed sea, bounded by these continents before their fragmentation. Early Portuguese explorers, who reached Antarctica in the late 15th century, found a temperate land inhabited by serpentine creatures—perhaps the last surviving dragons or dinosaurs.
Dating the Flood and Its Consequences
For a time, I inclined toward a Flood date of 2400 BC. However, I have since revised this to 2005 BC, which better aligns with alternate chronologies derived from Jewish traditions, such as those found in the Seder Olam. In these reckonings, the 430 years mentioned in Exodus may refer not to the Israelites’ time in Egypt but to the span from the birth of Terah, father of Abraham, to the Exodus itself. Alternatively, it may mark the time from Abraham’s emergence from hiding in the Milk Cave (possibly near Bethlehem or Aleppo) and return to Uruk-Shadim—a vast landmass akin to Western Australia before parts of it submerged—until the entry into the Promised Land.
Furthermore, I propose a recurring 500-year cycle associated with a planetoid object often called Nibiru or Wormwood. Each time this object nears the Earth, significant cosmic and terrestrial disruptions occur. The last such approach, I believe, occurred around 1530 AD. At that time, a highly advanced civilisation existed in Antarctica and across southern continents, foreseeing the object’s return and facilitating mass evacuations from soon-to-be submerged lands in the Indian Ocean to safer territories in Australia and Southeast Asia. The Amazonian empire of Antarctica, and the so-called “Second and Third Indias,” were shattered, leaving remnants to migrate northward into Islamic territories. Given the frequency of meteor and asteroid sightings in recent years, we must consider whether the return of this celestial wanderer may again be drawing near.
On Biological Speciation
Both Creationists and Evolutionists recognize the phenomenon of biological speciation. However, the Creationist view posits that all life stems from original "kinds" created by God, which are not always equivalent to the modern scientific concept of species. These "kinds" might align with what biologists call a species in some cases, but often correspond more closely to a genus or family. For instance, Creationists might assert that the entire family Canidae—wolves, foxes, and domestic dogs—descended from a single dog-kind pair aboard Noah’s Ark. In contrast, they reject any common ancestry between Canidae and unrelated carnivores, instead seeing similarities as the result of shared design features.
Similarly, the cat family (Felidae)—including lions, tigers, and domestic cats—would be understood as having descended from one created cat-kind. Young-earth Creationists believe this speciation happened rapidly after the Flood, giving rise not only to present-day diversity but also to now-extinct animals.
Reinterpreting the Geological and Historical Record
From my perspective, the Permian extinction—believed by many to have wiped out 90% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial species—was not an event 250 million years ago but the very Flood of Noah itself. I now place this Flood around 2005 BC. The dramatic breakup of the landmass known as Pangaea occurred during the events of the Tower of Babel, initiating the fragmentation of continents in a single catastrophic generation.
Subsequent cataclysms—such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the upheavals of Abraham’s time—coincide with what evolutionists identify as the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary and the Eocene–Oligocene extinction event. These marked the demise of most dinosaur kinds and were also periods of intense mammalian speciation. These cataclysms reshaped the planet’s geography—fracturing the Great Rift Valley, opening the Indian Ocean, and detaching Mauritia from Africa.
Later, around 1513 BC, another catastrophe, possibly connected to the volcanic Toba event, initiated a seven-year nuclear winter, followed by a 36-year period of global cooling. Then, in 1470 BC, the Venus encounter brought forth the Ice Age, lasting 120 years. At its peak, ice reached as far south as London. A sudden and dramatic warming around 1350 BC marked its end and the beginning of the so-called Holocene—not 11,000 years ago, but merely 3,350 years ago during the time of the Exodus.
Most remains from before 1654 BC are highly degraded due to the humid, tropical climate of that era. As such, modern dating methods—reliant on radiocarbon and isotopic decay—are frequently unreliable. Solar radiation fluctuations have skewed results, causing dates to appear older or younger than they truly are. These same radiation anomalies may also be responsible for increased DNA mutation rates in ancient samples.
Creationists continue to debate these interpretations, but what is clear is that the conventional evolutionary timeline fails to account for the dramatic evidence of a series of global cataclysms, rapid speciation, and profound climate shifts—each of which is better explained within a Creationist paradigm.