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>>>Why 5? Why 2 together in each of the 5 compartments? >> >>Why not? >> >>I'm not sure this fruit fact is of much consequence in >>the creation-evolution controversy. > >Perhaps he's saying because it's an odd number and not >an even one? I guess it would be somewhat interesting >to study how things evolve into odd numbers, since >symmetry seems to be such a part of nature. > >Not knowing the evolutionary history of pears, I'd >guess that somewhere along the line, a mutation >occurred, and didn't necessarily benefit the pear, but >didn't hurt it either, and over time, the one with >five naturally became more dominant somehow, maybe not >due to any real "reason" other than being in the right >places at the right time so as to be able to reproduce. > >But that's just an educated guess. > >Ben

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