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Some pseudogene sequences are shared by such very different creatures as rodents
and ink fish. This is just one of the many examples demonstrating that pseudogenes
represent no evidence for evolution.

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species) and hominids (man) are sibling groups. This conclusion,
however, conflicts with data which locate the lemur in a different
place in the primate phylogeny. The presence of similar pseudogenes

in phyla which are regarded as evolutionarily far removed from one
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another is something evolutionists cannot account for. A new exam-
ple of this is the SINE sequences, a particularly surprising discovery.
These pseudogene sequences are shared among living things far re-
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moved from each other in evolutionary terms, such as trout , rodents,
and inkfish. 49
The contradictions seen in the phylogenetic trees constructed
using other molecules can also be seen in those built on the basis of

pseudogenes. These facts are quite sufficient to show that pseudogenes
do not represent evidence of descent from a common ancestor. 50

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