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HARUN YAHYA

tures, and the Nemotada, which includes roundworms.
Arthropods, for instance, (insects, spiders and other inverte-
brates with stiff exoskeletons) represent a completely separate phy-
lum. Chordata, on the other hand, includes creatures with a noto-
chord—a long rod in the embryo consisting of a string of cells that
will constitute the creature’s spinal cord—or more often, a spinal
column. All vertebrates, such as birds, fish, reptiles and mammals,

belong to this phylum. Mollusca is a separate phylum, including
clams, oysters and slugs. Annelids are yet another phylum, to which
earthworms belong.
The internal organization determining the phyla is controlled
by a large number of genes. This means that in order for evolution
to take place in such a way as for one organism to develop into an-
other and for two distinct phyla to emerge, all the details of the first

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