{"id":53447,"date":"2018-06-12T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=53447"},"modified":"2022-09-13T21:26:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T02:26:17","slug":"evidence-that-90-of-earths-species-developed-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/evidence-that-90-of-earths-species-developed-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence that 90% of Earth’s Species Developed at the Same Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

by Jeffrey W. Hamilton<\/p>\n

An analysis of the mitochondrial DNA in 100,000 species showed that there were fewer neutral mutations (variations that have no impact) than expected and that the number of neutral mutations in the various species is basically the same, indicating that these species all began at roughly the same time.<\/p>\n

The authors’ conclusion is that there must have been a massive catastrophe that caused a wave of evolutionary development all at once. The problem is that such a conclusion is fantasy because there is no evidence that catastrophes in the modern world trigger evolutionary changes. However, the Bible has long pointed out that the creation of the world took place in six days and that all land animals were created on the same day (the sixth day).<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: “Massive Genetic Study Reveals 90 Percent Of Earth’s Animals Appeared At The Same Time<\/a>“,\u00a0Tech Times<\/em>, 30 May 2018.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jeffrey W. Hamilton An analysis of the mitochondrial DNA in 100,000 species showed that there were fewer neutral mutations (variations that have no impact) than expected and that the number of neutral mutations in the various species is basically the same, indicating that these species all began at roughly the same time. 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