Page 35 - If Darwin Had Known about DNA

Adnan Oktar

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The structure of the joints, which give
the human body its flexibility, is also
encoded in DNA.
our muscles in almost any di-

rection we desire. Thus a hu-
man being can hold a glass of
water, turn the pages of a book,
sit in a chair without falling out of it,
or carry packages weighing many kilo-
grams.
*The cartilage that prevents friction between
bones is a very special tissue in terms of its shape,
structure and position. In the knees, for example, cartilage
acts as a shock absorber that allows those joints to carry the
whole weight of the body–tens of kilograms–without feeling
stress. The detailed blueprint for the knee is also set out in
DNA.
*The veins that stretch approximately 100,000 kilo-

meters (62,140 miles) and carry vitally important blood
to nourish all the body's tissues. The veins work jointly
with the heart's special pumping system. Some are thin-
ner than a hair, carrying red blood cells to every corner of the body,
from the eyelids to the fingertips, from the brain to the kidneys.
*The way that the nerves interpenetrate the entire body lets them
react very quickly to changes that the senses perceive, allowing differ-
ent parts of the body to work together as a single unit.
*The 200 or so different kinds of cell in the body possess the same
basic features and mechanisms, but perform very different activities. A
liver cell, for example, carries out 500 different chemical processes
within a matter of milliseconds (thousandths of a second), while a heart
cell can produce its own electricity over a whole lifetime.
*The production of the energy you need to stand up and walk, re-