Proof of intelligent design.
To the best of our knowledge, the mechanical gear—evenly-sized teeth cut into two different rotating surfaces to lock them together as they turn—was invented sometime around 300 B.C.E. by Greek mechanics who lived in Alexandria. In the centuries since, the simple concept has become a keystone of modern technology, enabling all sorts of machinery and vehicles, including cars and bicycles.
As it turns out, though, a three-millimeter long hopping insect known as Issus coleoptratus beat us to this invention. Malcolm Burrows and Gregory Sutton, a pair of biologists from the University of Cambridge in the U.K., discovered that juveniles of the species have an intricate gearing system that locks their back legs together, allowing both appendages to rotate at the exact same instant, causing the tiny creatures jump forward.
Now I'm a believer.
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Proof against intelligent design in humans: We breath through the same passage that we swallow water and food leading to a very obvious choking hazard with only the epiglottis separating air from food. Male nipples. The human appendix has almost no use. As do the tonsils. Wisdom teeth. And this is just off the top of my head. Side: Wait..., what? No!!!
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