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Tasmanian wolf is nearly identical to that of the North American wolf.
Their skulls in particular, as shown on the next page, bear an
extraordinary degree of resemblance to each other.
Extraordinary resemblances and similar organs like these, which
evolutionary biologists cannot accept as examples of "homology," show
that homology does not constitute any evidence for the thesis of evolution
from a common ancestor. What is even more interesting is that the exact
opposite situation is to be observed in other living things. In other words,
there are living things, some of whose organs have completely different
structures, even though they are considered to be close relatives by
evolutionists. For example, most crustaceans have eye structures of the
"refracting lens" type. In only two species of crustacean—the lobster and
the shrimp—is the completely different "reflecting" type of eye seen. (See
the chapter on Irreducible Complexity.)

The Genetic and Embryological Impasse of Homology

The discovery which really overthrew homology is that organs
accepted as "homologous" are almost all controlled by very different
genetic codes. As we know, the theory of evolution proposes that living
things developed through small, chance changes in their genes, in other
words, mutations. For this reason, the genetic structures of living things
which are seen as close evolutionary relatives should resemble each other.
And, in particular, similar organs should be controlled by similar genetic
structures. However, in point of fact, genetic researchers have made
discoveries which conflict totally with this evolutionary thesis.
Similar organs are usually governed by very different genetic (DNA)
codes. Furthermore, similar genetic codes in the DNA of different
creatures are often associated with completely different organs. The
chapter titled "The Failure of Homology" in Michael Denton's book,
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, gives several examples of this, and sums the
subject up in this way:

Homologous structures are often specified by non-homologous genetic
systems and the concept of homology can seldom be extended back into
embryology. 278
This genetic question has also been raised by the well-known

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