Except for hierarchical taxonomic nesting
Lines of brachiating anatomy
Chromosomal banding
Fossil records of pelvic structure
Fossil record of larynx migration
Fossil record of vestigial structures
Fossil record of geographical distribution
Fossil sequencing
Fossil intermediates
Sequencing of stone tools
And a few dozen other lines of evidence
Hi tiras,
Thanks for your reply. You should really look into all those 'proven scientific claims' that you promote. You may be surprised, if you really look into it rather than just read what other people have written, that most of that isn't based on any kind of firm scientific methodology.
We don't really know enough about the design and purpose of chromosomes to really make any truthful claims regarding banding. Chromosomes are the actual code written into a living organism that determine how the outward appearance of body parts are formed. Here's how the site 'genome.gov' defines what a chromosome is and its purpose in living organisms:
Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the
nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (
DNA). Passed from parents to offspring,
DNA contains the specific instructions that make each type of living creature unique.
Notice that the chromosomes are what makes each living species unique from each other living species. Now, if a chromosome is designed to tell a living organism to make a heart, and a man and an ape have a heart, then there will logically be some similarity in that part of the chromosomal information. So, two living organisms that have a lot of similar structure should be expected to have a lot of matched chromosomal banding. Are you aware of what chromosomal banding is and what it does?
You mention fossil record of pelvic structure. Do you know what that is and what it means for two creatures to have similar pelvic structure? The pelvic structure is used to support the upper body of a creature and depending on how that creature stands, walks and moves about, the pelvic structure will be different. However again, if two similar creatures stand, move and walk about in a similar way, then the pelvic structure will be very close in design for both of those creatures.
There are some creatures that have pelvic structures and we can't understand why they would have them. There doesn't seem to be any use for them in the living creature and so the 'theory' is that they are vestigial. Meaning that they were somehow left in the creature from a previous evolution of that creature. Understand please, that's a 'theory'. We don't really have any evidence that would allow us to say that such an idea really is why that creature has a pelvis. But, there are those who go beyond proven facts and throw in theory as proven facts. This is where one must be careful.
What if God did make the first iteration of that creature with that structure? There's a place in God's word where He says that He will confound the wisdom of the wise. I think we should be very careful when we look at the anatomy of creatures and just because they have some organ or bone structure that we don't know what it's there for...claim that such a phenomenon is therefore proof of evolution.
Some claim that the human coccyx is a vestigial bone structure left over from when men had tails. While that is certainly a theory that is worth looking into, there isn't any proof that Adam wasn't formed with a coccyx on the day that he was created and that man has never had a tail. Again, the issue here is what can we prove, not what we can assume from various theories that we use to explain the 'why' of what we find in the creation.
Just for a good laugh, here's one explanation as to why the human skeletal structure has a coccyx: Medical research has shown that the muscles which help us sit or stand, all gain their ability to move us only because they are attached to our fully functional and necessary so called ‘tail bone’ which of course means that human beings do not actually have a useless or even vestigial “tail bone”! The coccyx is fully functional part of the system of bones, ligaments and muscles of the pelvis, that protects and supports the pelvic organs, and contributes to our upright stance and walking. It provides stable anchorage points for ligaments and muscles which is an essential function of all bones. Without this – we don’t move. Bones must never be considered in isolation, since they are part of an integrated musculoskeletal system that supports and protects body organs, and enables us to move.
Anyway, those are just a couple of arguments to your line of explanation. There are plenty more. You're really going to be in for a shock when you start really researching what we can really prove and what we can really say are 'facts' concerning the fossil record.
God bless,
In Christ, ted
