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To: decimon
They adapted to their new environment by growing thick, "woolly" fur and smaller ears, which helped conserve heat, and possibly by changing their DNA.

What an odd sentence. Can an animal change its ear size without there being a mutation in its DNA?

4 posted on 09/14/2011 9:10:56 AM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA
Can an animal change its ear size without there being a mutation in its DNA?

Ask Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield.

5 posted on 09/14/2011 9:17:01 AM PDT by glorgau
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>>They adapted to their new environment by growing thick, “woolly” fur and smaller ears, which helped conserve heat, and possibly by changing their DNA.

This just in: WOOLY MAMMOTH HAD GENETIC ENGINEERS.


10 posted on 09/14/2011 10:05:00 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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