I just read this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/1 ... 85499.html
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2 ... 30-ti.html
From a vestigial organ to one that is so important it has evolved independently 30 times?
Appendix evolved over 30 times
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From the OP:
That said, I propose that any questions regarding whether the appendix was "created" or "evolved" should be held in light of all the data. In which case evolution is, I contend, the most reasonable explanation.
I was never much fond of the "no purpose" and "junk DNA" positions, finding them arguments from ignorance.From a vestigial organ to one that is so important it has evolved independently 30 times?
That said, I propose that any questions regarding whether the appendix was "created" or "evolved" should be held in light of all the data. In which case evolution is, I contend, the most reasonable explanation.
Discovery is finding things that exist.
Invention is using things discovered.
Create that path and engineer a metamorphosis.
- William
Invention is using things discovered.
Create that path and engineer a metamorphosis.
- William
