[metmom]

Obviously. It's evidence that if you go back far enough, the snakes' ancestors had actual functional legs.

Another area in Genesis where the Bible writers got it right. The curse God put on the serpent was that it was to crawl on it's belly. Obviously it had legs before that and lost them.

[Coyoteman]

Another area in Genesis where the Bible writers got it right.

An area where they perhaps got it wrong? You don't get much from eating apples...

[Virginia-American]

Another area in Genesis where the Bible writers got it right. The curse God put on the serpent was that it was to crawl on it's belly. Obviously it had legs before that and lost them.

Wonder if some ancient Canaanite or Hebrew or Sumerian, whoever first came up with the "just so" story of "how the snake lost its legs", had actually studied a snake skeleton and seen the vestiges?

[Thatcherite]

Another area in Genesis where the Bible writers got it right. The curse God put on the serpent was that it was to crawl on it's belly. Obviously it had legs before that and lost them.

A pity that the Bible doesn't record what appalling sin of dolphins and whales made God remove their legs too.