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To: GLDNGUN
When an evolutionist testified in the famous 1925 Tennessee Scopes Trial that are "no less than 180 vestigal structures" in the human body, was he correct?

It's probably an underestimate if you include every possible case. But it's meaningless in itself to simply say that a structure is "vestigial [full stop]". It can only be vestigial with respect to some phylogenetically former state AND with respect to some specific function. Since most structures have multiple functions, a particular structure or organ might well be vestigial with respect to some function(s) and at the same time advanced with respect to others.

408 posted on 01/31/2006 5:03:10 PM PST by Stultis (I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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To: Stultis
Since most structures have multiple functions, a particular structure or organ might well be vestigial with respect to some function(s) and at the same time advanced with respect to others.

Hmmm. Sounds like a rather effecient design. Dare I say INTELLIGENT.

422 posted on 01/31/2006 5:43:35 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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