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garded as close relatives by evolutionists.
For instance, the great majority of species in the crustacean class
have a refracting eye structure. Only two species, the lobster and the
shrimp, have a totally different reflecting, mirrored eye structure.

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According to the claims made by the NAS and evolutionists on
the subject of homology, similar structures and functions in living
things must again be controlled by similar genes. As we know, the
theory of evolution suggests that living things developed by way of
small, random changes in their genes—that is, by mutations. The ge-
netic structures of living things regarded as close evolutionary rela-
tives should therefore also be similar. In particular, similar organs
should be controlled by very similar genetic structures. Yet, the fact is
that genetic research has revealed results completely at variance with
this evolutionist thesis.
Similar organs are generally formed by very different genetic
(DNA) codes. In addition, similar genetic codes in the DNA of differ-
ent living things relate to very different organs. In the chapter headed
"The Failure of Homology" in his book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis,
the Australian biologist Michael Denton states that homology does
not offer proof of evolution. Denton states that in order for homology
to represent evidence of evolution it needs to show that similar or-
gans are controlled by similar genes and also that similar organs un-
dergo a similar embryological process. However, Denton goes on to
say that this is not the case and that homology represents a failure for
the theory of evolution:
The validity of the evolutionary interpretation of homology would

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