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Same Appearance, Different Genes:

Asimilar finding emerged with the discovery of a new species of
salamander in Mexico. The scientists first imagined that they had found a
specimen of a known salamander, but following DNA analysis they con-
cluded that they were mistaken. That was because although the appear-
ance of the soil dwelling salamander they had found was identical to
known salamanders, genetically it was very different. The National
Science Foundation announced the following conclusion:
The soil dwelling salamander looks identical to one living in moun-
tain foothills several hundred miles away. But DNA analysis by NSF-
funded zoologists at the University of California at Berkeley shows
them to be a distinct species. 4
This led to an astonishing conclusion: despite being identical to each
another, the two creatures had to be classified as different species at the
genetic level. David Wake of the University of California at Berkeley, the
biologist in charge of the research, openly stated the conclusion he had
reached: They are not one another's closest relatives.
External similarity does not therefore imply genetic similarity. This
outcome is surprising to the experts, because the fact that two species are ge-
netically very different certainly means that they did not evolve from a com-
mon ancestor, and that there is no phylogenetic relationship between them.
In the light of these evaluations, the so-called evolutionary relation-
ships assumed by evolutionists based on morphological or genetic simi-
larities have been shown to be invalid. Therefore, all the family trees so
far drawn up are without scientific foundation and rest solely on evolu-
tionist preconceptions.

1. Cheryl Dybas, Genes of Aquatic Birds Reveal Surprising Evolutionary History, National Science
Foundation – News Tip, August 1, 2001
2. Cheryl Dybas, Genes of Aquatic Birds Reveal Surprising Evolutionary History, National Science
Foundation – News Tip, August 1, 2001
3. Cheryl Dybas, Genes of Aquatic Birds Reveal Surprising Evolutionary History, News Tip,
August 1, 2001
4. Cheryl Dybas, "New" Salamanders Turn Up from DNA Analysis, National Science Foundation –
News Tip, August 1, 2001

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