Thanks for the recommended reading Cofty. I have a few books on evolution. Some from the Smithsonian supporting evolution and a few from those who support creation.
If you want the details - and I do mean DETAILS - read chapter 4 "Making
the New From the Old" in "The Making of the Fittest" by Sean B. Carroll
I will. That's exactly what I'm looking for. I have no reluctance to getting into the "DETAILS" in fact my personal interests include biology. I believe the proof of evolution or creation is in the details.
In the video above there was a segment which proposed that having similar bone structure is one line of evidence supporting evolution, But in truth, all that proves is there are similar bone structures not that evolution is the cause of the similar bone structures. Later in the video the narrator pointed out a set of bones inside the whale's body and said perhaps they were leftovers from the whales evolutionary history and connects them with the bones in the hind quarters of animals.
Note the underlined sentences in Wikipedia's Cetacea article below:
Sexual Reproduction
"Cetaceans evolved from land-dwelling ancestors and lost external hind limbs. They evolved significantly reduced pelvic bones that seemed to serve no other function except to anchor muscles that maneuver the penis. Cetacean pelvic bones are unique because they are no longer constrained by sacral and hind limb attachments or by hind limb locomotion.
Cetacean pelvic bones were often thought of as “useless vestiges” of their land-dwelling ancestors. However, they are a critical component of male reproductive fitness.
The paired pelvic bones anchor the genitalia and the paired ischiocavernosus muscles that control the penis. In male cetaceans, the paired ischiocavernosus muscles insert deeply toward the distal end of the penis, while proximally encapsulating the paired crus of the penis that anchor to each pelvic bone. The ischiocavernosus muscles appear to maneuver the penis by pulling it to one side or the other and may also maintain erection by compressing the corpus cavernosusm proximally. The ischiocavernosus muscles may work in coordination with other soft tissue innovacations to control the penis, which suggests the importance of ischiocavernosus muscles in penis movement." (emphasis mine)
To someone who believes in creation, as I do, that little detail provided revealed that the seemingly useless bones supposedly left over from a past ancestor are not in fact truly useless at all. "They are a critical component of male reproductive fitness."
I look forward to reading the book you recommended. I do not claim to know enough- not of evolution nor of the Bible. So I'm open to new thoughts but they must be backed up not in generalities but in the details.
Frank
