[SmartCitizen]

Common ancestory is based on solid evidence such as the nested heirarchy of life, shared DNA errors, vestigal structures, and of course the fossil record.

Oooh, now there's some solid science! Not! The "nested heirarchy of life"? Tell me: Precisely how is information is added to the genome in the natural selection/mutation process that would allow for new body parts, new phyla, etc.? Where does the information come from?

[bobdsmith]

Oooh, now there's some solid science! Not! The "nested heirarchy of life"? Tell me: Precisely how is information is added to the genome in the natural selection/mutation process that would allow for new body parts, new phyla, etc.? Where does the information come from?

Determining Common Ancestory of life is independent from the mechanism by which the change happened. That is why Behe, probably the most well known Intelligent Design advocate accepts the evidence for Common Descent of life on Earth.

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SmartCitizen asked:
Oooh, now there's some solid science! Not! The "nested heirarchy of life"? Tell me: Precisely how is information is added to the genome in the natural selection/mutation process that would allow for new body parts, new phyla, etc.? Where does the information come from?"

An educated citizen (me) answers:
Insertions, duplications, polyploidy, inversions etc.