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Modern scientific findings show that the claim of a "common ances-
tor" made with regard to similar organs is incorrect, and that the only pos-
sible explanation is common creation, confirming once again that living
things were created by Allah.

The Genetic and Embryological Impasse of Homology
In order for the evolutionist claim concerning "homology" to be taken
seriously, similar (homologous) organs in different creatures should also
be coded with similar (homologous) DNA codes. However, they are not.
Similar organs are usually governed by very different genetic (DNA)
codes. Furthermore, similar genetic codes in the DNA of different crea-
tures are often associated with completely different organs.
Michael Denton, an Australian professor of bio-
chemistry, describes in his book Evolution: A Theory in
Crisis the genetic impasse of the evolutionist interpreta-
tion of homology: "Homologous structures are often
specified by non-homologous genetic systems and the
concept of homology can seldom be extended back into
embryology." 169
A famous example on this subject is the "five digit Professor Michael
skeletal structure" of quadrupeds which is quoted in al- Denton: "Evolution
is a theory in crisis"
most all evolutionist textbooks. Quadrupeds, i.e., land-
living vertebrates, have five digits on their fore- and hindlimbs. Although
these do not always have the appearance of five digits as we know them,
they are all counted as pentadactyl due to their bone structure. The fore-
and hindlimbs of a frog, a lizard, a squirrel or a monkey all have this same
structure. Even the bone structures of birds and bats conform to this basic
structure.
Evolutionists claim that all living things descended from a common
ancestor, and they have long cited pentadactyl limb as evidence of this.
This claim was mentioned in almost all basic sources on biology through-
out the 20th century as very strong evidence for evolution. Genetic find-
ings in the 1980s refuted this evolutionist claim. It was realised that the
pentadactyl limb patterns of different creatures are controlled by totally
different genes. Evolutionist biologist William Fix describes the collapse of
the evolutionist thesis regarding pentadactylism in this way:
The older text-books on evolution make much of the idea of homology,