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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (514805)9/21/2009 7:26:05 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 1577025
 
what ""ontogony recapitulates phylogony" means ..

Thanks for repeating to us what it means. As wikipedia pointed out, its "a discredited biological theory."

I'm not surprised a mis-educated liberal atheist would think human embryos actually have gill slits, but they don't:

The term "gill slits" is also sometimes used to refer to the folds of skin in the pharyngeal region in all vertebrate embryos, including those of humans. However, the term gill suggests a particular anatomical structure or function, and the "gill slits" in amniotes have neither. Therefore, a better modifier is pharyngeal, as in pharyngeal arches or pharyngeal slits.

The skin folds in mammals, birds, and reptiles are sometimes called "gill slits", but the true gill slits in embryonic fish develop into gills, whereas the "gill slits" in other vertebrates develop into the throat area and the bones in the ear. "Gill slits" exist in all vertebrates at some time in their embryo stage. When the vertebrate reaches a certain point in its life the skin folds fuse together and the bones form the trachea and ear bones. Except in fish where they form the gills themselves.

In the 19th century, "gill slits" of vertebrate embryos were erroneously thought to be actual gills, and thus evidence for the recapitulation theory.

en.wikipedia.org

I think you should stop trying to weave your religion into science. It doesn't belong there.
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