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98. Are elephants, squirrels and other mammals
derived from a common origin?

According to the claims of the theory of evolution, rep-
tiles are the ancestors both of birds and of mammals. When
mammals are considered, it can easily be seen how impossi-
ble such a claim is. For example, let's think about tigers,
cows, bears, elephants, dolphins, whales, mice and bats.
There are great structural differences between these mam-
mal species. Furthermore, each of these living things pos-
sesses systems specifically designed for their own needs. For
example, dolphins have a very sensitive sonar system. Bears
have mechanisms which are appropriate to the climatic con-
ditions of their habitat.
Evolutionist zoologist R. Eric Lombard expresses what
great difficulty these differences cause to evolutionists as
follows:

Those searching for specific information useful in con-
structing phylogenies [evolutionary development] of
mammalian taxa will be disappointed. (R. Eric Lombard,
"Review of Evolutionary Principles of the Mammalian
Middle Ear, Gerald Fleischer," Evolution, vol. 33,
December 1979, p. 1230)
Apart from these differences, the fossil record demon-
strates that mammals, like all living things, appeared on
earth suddenly and fully formed with their present perfect
structures, without any evolutionary process.

99. Can living cells come into being by chance?

No, they cannot. Cells have such a complex structure that
it is not possible for them to have come into existence sponta-

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