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evolution is based on the assertion that living things develop through mu-
tations. However, Spetner explains that neither antibiotic immunity nor
any other biological phenomena indicate such an example of mutation:
The mutations needed for macroevolution have never been observed. No
random mutations that could represent the mutations required by Neo-Dar-
winian Theory that have been examined on the molecular level have added
any information. The question I address is: Are the mutations that have been
observed the kind the theory needs for support? The answer turns out to be
NO! 163

The Fallacy of Vestigial Organs
For a long time, the concept of "vestigial organs" appeared frequently
in evolutionist literature as "evidence" of evolution. Eventually, it was
silently put to rest when this was proved to be invalid. But some evolu-
tionists still believe in it, and from time to time someone will try to ad-
vance "vestigial organs" as important evidence of evolution.
The notion of "vestigial organs" was first put forward a century ago.
As evolutionists would have it, there existed in the bodies of some crea-
tures a number of non-functional organs. These had been inherited from
progenitors and had gradually become vestigial from lack of use.
The whole assumption is quite unscientific, and is based entirely on
insufficient knowledge. These "non-functional organs" were in fact organs
whose "functions had not yet been discovered". The best indication of this
was the gradual yet substantial decrease in evolutionists' long list of vesti-
gial organs. S.R. Scadding, an evolutionist himself, concurred with this fact
in his article "Can vestigial organs constitute evidence for evolution?" pub-
lished in the journal Evolutionary Theory:
Since it is not possible to unambiguously identify useless structures, and
since the structure of the argument used is not scientifically valid, I conclude
that "vestigial organs" provide no special evidence for the theory of evolu-
tion. 164
The list of vestigial organs that was made by the German Anatomist
R. Wiedersheim in 1895 included approximately 100 organs, including the
appendix and coccyx. As science progressed, it was discovered that all of
the organs in Wiedersheim's list in fact had very important functions. For
instance, it was discovered that the appendix, which was supposed to be a
"vestigial organ", was in fact a lymphoid organ that fought against infec-