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To: js1138

And how is it that something looking similar to something else at an early stage of development *proves* or supports common descent? If a creature has a head and four appendages, it will look similar until it develops it's identifying characteristics but that certainly doesn't mean that it's an indication of a common ancestor as much as an indication of common shape.


233 posted on 03/05/2006 7:26:37 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

see the in-thread discussion on this between myself and TASMANIANRED - gillslits and tail development and reabsorption in the human embryo certaily *suggests* common descent


238 posted on 03/05/2006 7:30:28 PM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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