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                  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FINS AND FEET


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           these marine animals. There is thus no lo-  Evolutionist biologists have no consis-
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           about by way of natural selection.  this matter.
              On the contrary, any living thing un-  Evolutionists generally regard fish
           dergoing “pre-adaptation” should be eli-  belonging to the class Rhipidistian or
           minated by way of natural selection, be-  Cœlacanth as the ancestors of quadru-
           cause the more characteristics it deve-  peds. These fish belong to the group
           lops that are appropriate to dry land, the  Crossopterygian. Their only features
           more disadvantaged it will be in water.  that inspire hope in evolutionists are the-
           In short, the scenario of transition from  ir fins, being fleshier than those of other
           sea to land is totally self-contradictory.  fish. However, these fish are not inter-
           Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
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