I would like to ‘unpack’ this a bit: the ID and Creationist response here is to say that the limb is not vestigial, but has a natural function, serving as an attachment point for muscles that both male and female cetaceans need to reproduce.
The best way to test this is, I would say, to examine the limb itself ...
This is exactly what generations of biologists have already done. The conclusion of these trained experts is as stated. The ancestors of the whale used to be land dwelling mammals. The hip bones still in the whale of today are vestigial to that ancestry.
Who could possible be right: thousands of highly trained and experienced experts over multiple generations vs a few creation-believing religious zealots with no training or expertise in the subject? The motivation to find the most likely reality of a situation vs the motivation to shore-up an errant religious pre-conclusion?
Hmmm ... tricky.
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