Page 237 - Darwinism Refuted

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

The fact that almost all land-dwelling vertebrates have a five-toed or "pentadactyl"
bone structure in their hands and feet has for years been presented as "strong
evidence for Darwinism" in evolutionist publications. However, recent research has
revealed that these bone structures are governed by quite different genes. For this
reason, the "homology of pentadactylism" assumption has today collapsed.

The Fall of the Homology in Tetrapod Limbs
We have already examined homology's morphological claim—in
other words the invalidity of the evolutionist claim based on similarities of
form in living things—but it will be useful to examine one well-known
example of this subject a little more closely. This is the "fore- and
hindlimbs of tetrapods," presented as a clear proof of homology in almost
all books on evolution.
Tetrapods, i.e., land-living vertebrates, have five digits on their fore-
and hindlimbs. Although these may not always look like fingers or toes,
they are all counted as "pentadactyl" (five-digit) due to their bone
structure. The hands and feet of a frog, a lizard, a squirrel, or a monkey all
have this same structure. Even the bone structures of birds and bats
conform to this basic design.

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