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rizes the situation in his
book published in 2000:
Inconsistencies among
trees based on different mol-
ecules, and the bizarre trees that
result from some molecular analyses,
have now plunged phylogeny into a cri-
sis. 34

In recent years, research conducted on the
genetic structure of birds has also turned upside-
down the evolutionists’ theory of genetic similari-
ty. To understand vocal learning in birds, Erich Jarvis
and his team of colleagues examined the brains of 12 of
the 30 or more species of hummingbird found in Brazil,
in the movement of a gene that is activated when the birds
sing. Their research established that a gene called “zenk” is
active in seven different centers of the brain. It emerged
that this characteristic is present not just in hummingbirds,

but also in parrots and songbirds. 35
In light of this information, scientists began making fur-
ther comparisons between the brains of humans and birds. But
the evolutionists—who wanted to present genetic similarities
between humans and chimpanzees as evidence of evolution—
felt uncomfortable about conducting studies using methods that
produced evidence contrary to their position. The comparisons
made on this subject to date are biased opinions support-

ing the fable that humans and monkeys have a com-