Reflectorites
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 01:26:42 EDT, FMAJ1019@aol.com wrote:
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>NA>Lets apply the definition. The function is that it sends vibrations from the
>ear drum to the oval window. I can remove, one bone and it will still do
>this, I can remove two and it will still do this, heck, I can remove the
>whole thing and I could still hear sound when pressure impacts the oval
>window. >>
FJ>Remarkable, I am amazed at your comments here. And yet this was used to argue
>against evolution until evolution found the explanation. You remove one of
>the bones and hearing in that ear becomes severely impaired. Sure you can
>hear with the other ear. Nelson disagrees with you
As one who had to have an ear operation to have one of these bones (the
stapes) in one ear replaced, I can confirm Nelson's point. I found to my
amazement when I went to the ear specialist for testing that I, and
everyone, can hear faintly through their skull and even their teeth!
The ear is not IC and it is not even ID, but IMHO it is designed. IC is
ID but not all ID is IC, and ID and IC are Design, but not all Design is
IC or ID.
And BTW I have no problem accepting that mammals' earbones were
progressively mediately created (see tagline) from a reptile ancestor's
jawbones.
Steve
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"But what kind of mutations could bring about the major changes I have
described? Could cause a tube to roll up into a helix? Could cause other
tubes to form semi-circular canals accurately set at right angles to each
other. Could grade sensory hairs according to length? Could cause the
convenient deposit of a crystal in the one place it will register gravity?
Even more amazingly, some fishes do not trouble to secrete a crystal but
incorporate a bit of sand or stone. What kind of mutation could achieve
this - when and only when a natural crystal is not formed? The purpose is
fulfilled, the means are unimportant. It just doesn't make sense." (Taylor
G.R., "The Great Evolution Mystery", Abacus: London, 1983, p106)
Stephen E. Jones | sejones@iinet.net.au | http://www.iinet.net.au/~sejones
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