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Comparisons of chromosome numbers and
DNA structures show that there is no evolu-
tionary relationship between different living
species.

direct line of descent in their molecular structures; in fact, however, as we shall shortly be examining, there
have been no concrete discoveries showing any such thing.
Let us first of all take the matter of "the similarity between human and chimpanzee DNA." The latest stud-

ies on this issue have revealed that evolutionist propaganda about a "98 %" or "99 %" similarity between man
and chimp is totally erroneous.
If a slightly wider study is made of this subject, it can be seen that the DNA of much more surprising crea-
tures resembles that of man. One of these similarities is between man and worms of the nematode phylum. For
example, genetic analyses published in New Scientist have revealed that "nearly 75% of human genes have
some counterpart in nematodes—millimeter-long soil-dwelling worms." 256 This definitely does not mean that

there is only a 25% difference between man and these worms! According to the family tree made by evolution-
ists, the Chordata phylum, in which man is included, and the Nematoda phylum were different to each other
even 530 million years ago.
This situation clearly reveals that the similarity between the DNA strands of these two different categories

of life is no evidence for the claim that these creatures evolved from a common ancestor.
In fact, when the results of DNA analyses from different species and classes are compared, it is seen that the
sequences clearly do not agree with any evolutionist family tree. According to the evolutionist thesis, living
things must have undergone a progressive increase in complexity, and, parallel to this, it is to be expected that
the number of genes, which make up their genetic data, should also gradually increase. But the data obtained
show that this thesis is the work of fantasy.

The Russian scientist Theodosius Dobzhansky, one of the best-known theoreticians of evolution, once
stated that this irregular relationship between living things and their DNA is a great problem that evolution
cannot explain:

More complex organisms generally have more DNA per cell than do simpler ones, but this rule has conspicuous ex-
ceptions. Man is nowhere near the top of the list, being exceeded by Amphiuma (an amphibian), Protopterus (a
lungfish), and even ordinary frogs and toads. Why this should be so has long been a puzzle. 257

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