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Phantom423
reply to post by EnPassant
That's ridiculous. A bone, a foot, whatever has a fundamental structure that is defined by it's inherent genetic code. A foot looks like a foot because every part of the foot has a genetic component that organized that foot
And that's the problem with your argument - you make no connection between micro and the macro - as though it didn't exist.
Phantom423 That's ridiculous. A bone, a foot, whatever has a fundamental structure that is defined by it's inherent genetic code. A foot looks like a foot because every part of the foot has a genetic component that organized that foot.
Phantom423
It's your turn to produce the evidence. You may as well admit that you can't do it because there is no evidence in the scientific literature to support your case.
Phantom423 This process of gene expression is regulated by cues from both within and outside cells, and the interplay between these cues and the genome affects essentially all processes that occur during embryonic development and adult life.
Phantom423
reply to post by EnPassant
Evolution organized it as a foot because the organism needed mobility.
Phantom423
"Evolution doesn’t "design" anything, says anthropologist Matt Cartmill of Boston University, a discussant on the panel. It works slowly on the genes and traits it has at hand, to jerry-rig animals’ and humans body plans to changing habitats and demands.“Evolution doesn’t act to yield perfection," he says. "It acts to yield function.”