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Morris, John 61
in i tial struc tures, with out hav ing un - sues that make up or gans; cy tol o gy,
der gone any ev o lu tion—and that, the study of the mi cro scop ic struc -
just as with fos sils, no in ter me di ate ture of the cells that make up tis sues;
form among mol e cu les has ev er and em bry ol o gy, the study of all the
been found. phas es be tween the fer ti lized egg
Michael Denton bas es this com - (zy gote) and the emer gence of an in -
ment on re sults ob tained from the de pend ent or gan ism. 60
field of mo lec u lar bi ol o gy: Comparisons be tween the ho -
Each class at a mo lec u lar lev el is mol o gous or anal o gous or gans of
unique, iso lat ed and un linked by in ter - liv ing things are per formed on the
me di ates. Thus mol e cu les, like fos sils ba sis of find ings ob tained from mor -
have fail ed to pro vide the elu sive in ter - phol o gy. (See Homologous Organs;
me di ates so long sought by ev o lu tion a - Analogous Organs.) All liv ing
ry bi ol o gy. 58 things with sim i lar mor phol o gies
In short, the ho mo log i cal hy poth - are re gard ed as ho mol o gous in or -
e sis that looks for an a tom i cal or der to con struct a sup posed ev o lu -
chem i cal sim i lar i ties in liv ing things tion a ry re la tion ship be tween them.
and at tempts to por tray them as ev i - However, there is no sci en tif ic ba sis
dence for ev o lu tion has been in val i - for this. Indeed, there are many ex -
dat ed by the sci en tif ic facts. am ples of spe cies that re sem ble each
oth er very close ly, but be tween
MORPHOLOGY
which no so-called ev o lu tion a ry re -
This is the branch of sci ence that la tion ship can be con struct ed—and
stud ies the shape and struc ture of this rep re sents a ma jor in con sist en cy
or gan isms as a whole. With plants, it from the point of view of ev o lu tion -
in ves ti gates the struc tures and com - ist claims.
mon or gan i za tion of the root, stem,
leaves and fruits; and with an i mals
THE MORPHOLOGICAL
and hu man be ings, com pares and
HOMOLOGY MYTH
an a ly zes their phys i cal struc ture. 59
Sub-branch es of mor phol o gy in - —See Homology
clude anat o my, the study of the vis i -
ble in ter nal and ex ter nal struc tures MORRIS, JOHN
of or gan isms; his tol o gy, the study of Professor John Morris is the di -
the mi cro scop ic struc ture of the tis - rect or of the Institute for Creation
Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar