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Message 12 of 18 (401705)
05-21-2007 4:50 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by MartinV
05-21-2007 2:42 PM


Re: Migration and Instinct
MartinV writes:
This orientation by stars is very interesting. I suppose darwinists do not like it
Why would "darwinists" not like such data? The mechanisms of animal migration is an actively researched area by "darwinist".
MartinV writes:
it would require some random mutation that created in heads of birds some map of celestial bodies on firmaments which they compare with real position of stars.
Ah but not in one fell swoop. No one believes or proposes the straw man argument that you are hinting at, that a single random mutation coded a celestial navigation map in the brains of birds. It is the culmination and fine-tuning of small previous steps. For example, there are plenty examples of animals navigating by the Sun and Moon. Navigating by other smaller celestial bodies is but yet another more sophisticated step.

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