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The Cambrian Evidence That Darwin Failed to Comprehend

Dr. David Raup, a University of Chicago paleontologist and an
evolutionist, sets out this fact:
“All of the authors of the neo-Darwinian theory which they formulat-
ed back in the thirties and forties are losing their influence. ... I predict
that that whole concept will be thrown out in the next ten years, and
a new theory will be devised to take its place. A new wave of thinking
is sweeping the field.”

What will be the new theory? Dr. Raup confessed, “I have no idea.” 143

Hox Genes

Evolutionists, unable to explain the imaginary evolutionary or-
igin of the Cambrian explosion, realized that the new findings in ge-
netics totally invalidated the claim that life forms so very different
to one another could have descended from some common ancestor.
They therefore felt the need to adapt their claims to these new dis-
coveries. As a result, the idea of Hox genes was proposed.
So-called Hox genes, a particular subgroup of homeobox genes,
are a group of genes shared by a number of animal groups. What
distinguishes these from other genes is their central task in regulat-
ing the body development. Hox genes are managers that control the
development of all life, from a fertilized egg cell to maturity, in-
structing the genes that will construct a particular organ when and
where to go into action. For example, the cells that will comprise the
spinal cord settle in the region of the back from the moment the em-
bryo first forms. The cells that constitute the eye take their place in
the cranial section. This order or placement is encoded in the Hox
genes.
Instructions issued by the Hox genes are forwarded to an initi-
ator protein with a sequence of 60 amino acids, again produced by
Hox genes. This protein binds to and activates the relevant genes.

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