“See, there are things that are pre-Flood, but there is no such thing as "prehistoric." We have history from the first day, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." You can't go before that. So there's no such thing as "prehistoric."”

—  Kent Hovind

Creation seminars (2003-2005), The Garden of Eden

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