you grabbed my response before i deleted it -- you posted the answer to the question i was asking, as i was asking it, making my reply somewhat moot.
This is what I cannot understand. If you do not know how a bone forms from birth, something which scientists can actually observe, why would you even start to think you know how it developed from nothing?
well, this is simply to say that
i am not particularly well-versed in developmental biology, not that
no one is.
the simple answer is that DNA dictates how cells divide in an embryo, and what forms stem cells will take. i cannot personally give you the complex answer.
And the reason I post this thread, is that if science does not even know the complexities involved in the developmental process, than it seems ridiculous for science to question its ultimate origin. Why not actually do the scientific stuff first.
people are. developmental biologists do this stuff for a living. it's just that i am not a developmental biologist. i happen to understand a bit of the evolutionary history of chickens, but i am an only amateur in that arena. my personal inability to tell you off the top of my head does not mean that developmental biologists do not exist.
edit: also, if you use the "reply" button, to specific posts, people will be notified (making for more conversation) and it will be easier to see what your posts are in reply to.
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