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<That's why I set it aside in my earlier post and offered
evolutionary convergence
> instead as evidence for MR. There's currently no other explanation for
> convergence.>
>
Ted, did you completely ignore my posting of the Dawkins' extract
that you selectively quoted from, in which convergent evolution is perfectly
reasonably explained?
There are no organisms that have evolved separately that share
exactly the same genome. Organisms that look remarkably alike, and have
remarkably similar lifestyles, are none the less distinct, and Dawkins gives
several examples (the weak electric fish of Africa and South America is a
particularly good one).
If you didn't get the post, I can re-send. Or just read the rest of
the chapter of 'The Blind Watchmaker' you quoted from.
Vincent
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