Human Fingers Evolved from Fish?

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By Ken Ham

With our fingers we can type on a keyboard, play notes on a piano, and sketch a detailed landscape. Whom do we have to thank for these nimble appendages? Well, according to a recent news item, we can express our thanksgiving to . . . an extinct fish!

“Thank This Fish for Your Fingers”

Researchers recently reported the discovery and analysis of a nearly complete (yet poorly preserved) specimen of a supposedly 380-million-year-old fish, Elpistostege watsoni. This five-foot-long fish, found in modern-day Quebec, Canada, is being heralded as a “transitional form” between fish and tetrapods (four-legged animals). Why? Well, because of …read more

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