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fossil fish do not resemble digits. It was just a fish. Pictured to the right, evolutionists suggest that it
was the first fish to come out of the water and walk on land. The huge problem is that it used gills for
breathing. Its legs and lungs had to evolve simultaneously. No chance!

What about Human Fossils?
So have paleontologists been able to unearth ancient fossils that would form a link between the apes
and modern man? Most fossils of men remain essentially the same as modern man and some are really
a problem for the evolutionists.

Homology

Evolutions have other ways they seek to validate their theory. One is
an argument from homology, or the similarity of structures. For
example, the bones of the forelimbs of a man, horse, bat, whale, and
dog share certain superficial structural similarities. These similar
structures are supposed to indicate that their possessors all came
from a common ancestor. This is one of the most appealing
arguments used by evolutionists because it appears to be supported
by visually observable evidence that can be readily perceived.

However, if similarities show evolutionary relationship, then dissimilarities should conversely show a
lack of relationship. The rule must be consistently applied and not simply ignored, as evolutionists do
when the evidence conflicts with it. For example, the following structures are very similar to those in
humans: the octopus eye, pig heart, Pekingese dog’s face, milk of the donkey, and the pronator
quadratus muscle of the Japanese salamander. When considering red blook cells, man is more similar to
frogs, fish, and birds than to sheep. These homologies do not indicate close evolutionary relationships.
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The evolutionary tree of life separates widely the octopus and man!

From the viewpoint of a Christian who accepts the Biblical account of creation in Genesis, one would
expect that many creatures of God’s creation would have a lot of similarities. God created the eye from
simple to very complex. Placing similar eyes into the various animals He created validates that there
was ONE creator and designer of the eye. His designed worked for both man and animal. Homology
illustrates that the same God created everything, and it was very
good. Once God decided on a blueprint, He used the same
blueprint within his Creation.

Hominids

Evolutionists have created a family within their taxonomical
system called Hominidae. In this family, they include humans
(Homo sapiens) and their fossil ancestors and also, in recent
systems, at least some of the great apes. Throughout the last 170
years, various finds of skulls, partial skulls, jaw bones, and even
teeth have been acclaimed as the missing link between ape and
man. Here is a list of hominids, and how old the evolutionists
dated them:

13 Luther D. Sunderland, Darwin’s Enigma, p. 123.