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Archaeopteryx problem
On 20 Apr 97 15:42:00 EDT, www@cuinfo.cit.cornell.edu (ksjj@fast.net)
wrote:
Evolutionist like to assume that just because Archaeopteryx appears
to
have shared some features with reptiles or dinosaurs it mean that it
descended from a reptile or dinosaur. Of course, there could be a
problem
with this thought concerning Archaeopteryx.
Creatures often have similar features which evolutionists do not
believe
are derived from a common ancestor. For instance, the giant panda
and
the red panda are similar enough to both be called pandas, down to
their
sesamoid thumbs (the only creatures to have them), but they are
believed
to have no close relationship. The giant panda is believed to have
descended from bears and the red panda from the racoon. The
evolutionist
call this evolution of their thumbs, "Convergent evolution"
This process is said to have made the thumbs of both pandas alike .
If it can happen in that instance, on what basis does the
evolutionist
claim the so-called reptilian features of Archaeopteryx prove
descent
from reptiles?
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karl
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