The Laryngeal Nerve of the Giraffe is Proof of Natural Selection [video]
source: http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/06/the_laryngeal_nerve_of_the_gir.php
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This video, including comments by Richard Dawkins, documents a necropsy (an autopsy on an animal other than a human) carried out in a classroom on a giraffe. In this video, we follow the pathway of the recurrent (inferior) laryngeal nerve, an important nerve that is a branch of the Vagus nerve (tenth cranial nerve). The purpose of doing this exercise is to show that there is no so-called "intelligent designer" because the pathway of this nerve is completely illogical -- unless, of course, you accept that evolution is the reason for this nerve's convoluted pathway through the body.
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pjacobs51
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I would say Dawkins went the extra mile to prove his point (a good one) in this rather gnarly video.
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