Extant Ark Kinds: Mammalian and Avian Kinds

In preparation for the opening of the Ark Encounter, Answers in Genesis initiated an immense research project to determine the number of original animal kinds. It was the results of this project that the Ark Encounter used to estimate the number of animals that Noah would have needed to take on board the Ark. For the Ark Encounter to have the quality exhibits that could withstand critical scrutiny, careful research had to be undertaken to give solid, biblical answers to the Christian and skeptic alike.

Mammalian and Avian Kinds, volume 1 of series 1, Baraminology, is a collection of papers previously published in the Answers Research Journal (ARI) discussing the methodologies and rationale behind this monumental project. Explanation is given of baramins, the creationists' term for created kinds. Although hybridization is argued to be the most reliable methodology for determining baramins, cognitum and statistical baraminology are also discussed. Discover interesting facts about each mammalian and avian baramin Noah may have taken on board the Ark in this high-quality monograph, illustrated with over 330 full-color images.