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HARUN YAHYA

The Coelacanth’s Complex Structure
The Coelacanth’s Complex Structure
Refutes Evolution
Refutes Evol lution
In addition to the fact that the coelacanth appeared suddenly with
no evolutionary ancestor behind it and underwent no changes over mil-
lions of years, the fish’s complex body structure also faces evolutionists
with a difficult predicament. Professor Michael Bruton, director of the

world- famous JLB Smith Institute in South Africa, describes the coela-
canth as a very complex creature:
Birth is one of the complex features of these creatures. Coelacanths give birth
to their young. The orange-sized eggs hatch inside the fish. Furthermore, there
is evidence that they are nourished by an organ resembling the placenta in the
mother’s body. In addition to providing oxygen and nutrients from the mother
to the young, the placenta is a complex structure which also disposes of waste
products. Fossil embryos from the Carboniferous Period (360-290 million years
ago) show that this complex system existed before the appearance of mam-
mals. 114
In addition, the discovery that coelacanths are sensitive to electro-
magnetic fields around them indicates the existence of a complex sen-
sory system. Looking at the arrangement of the nerves that connect the
fish’s rostal organ to the brain, scientists agree that it serves to detect
electromagnetic fields. Taken together with the other complex struc-
tures, that this organ is found in even the oldest coelacanth fossils poses
a problem that evolutionists cannot resolve. Focus magazine expresses
this in the following terms:
According to fossils, fish emerged some 470 million years ago. The coelacanth
emerged 60 million years after that. It is astonishing that this creature, which
would be expected to possess very primitive features, actually has a most com-
plex structure. 115
These are real lethal blows to the theory of evolution: The presence
of the placenta-like organ and the complex structure for perceiving elec-
tromagnetic currents—in such perfect form, in such ancient periods—

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