Christians: Why does the human fetus have rudimentary gill slits in the neck that close before birth?

Question

Because of evolution.

Lost and Found: They WERE when our ancestors lived in the ocean. When they moved onto land, they weren't needed anymore, so they don't develop. They close up.

Answer 1

They don't. Try doing your homework before asking questions like this....

FISH GILLS—The third item in the embryo that the evolutionists claim to be useless vestiges are, what they call, "gill silts" in the throat of each tiny human being. They say that these "slits" prove that we are descended from fish. But the theory, that people in their embryonic stage have gill slits, is something that knowledgeable scientists no longer claim. Only the ignorant ones do.

In the embryo there are, for a time, three small folds to be seen in the front of its throat. These three bubble outward slightly from the neck. Examining these folds carefully, we find no gills to extract oxygen out of water, and no gill slits (no openings) of any kind. These are folds, not gill slits! There are no slits and no gills. More recent careful research has disclosed that the upper fold contains the apparatus that will later develop into the middle ear canals, the middle fold will later become the parathyroids, and the bottom fold will soon grow into the thymus gland.

"The pharyngeal arches and clefts [creases] are frequently referred to as bronchial arches and bronchial clefts in analogy with the lower vertebrates, but since the human embryo never has gills called ‘bronchia,’ the term pharyngeal arches and clefts has been adopted for this book."—*Jan Langman, Medical Embryology, 3rd ed. (1975).

So once again the evolutionists are shown to be incorrect. For years they claimed that those three small throat folds were "gill slits," proving that we descended from fish; the bulb at the bottom of the embryo was a "yolk sac," proving that we descended from chickens; and the lower part of the spine is a "tail," proving that we are descended from lizards or something else with a tail!

Remember again, it is a matter of packaging a lot into a very small space. Embryos do not need to look handsome, but they need to function and grow in an extremely small space. There simply is not enough room for such a tiny one to look different or beautiful—and still develop properly. The Designer solved this problem very nicely.

Frankly, as we consider all that we have learned about Similarities, Vestiges, and Recapitulation, it is remarkable that (1) men can be so ignorant, (2) that they can criticize so freely such marvelous workmanship as is found in the embryo and the human body, and (3) that such ignorant men are considered by so many others to be wise men of science.

Answer 2

I was a labor and delivery nurse for several years and I never saw any kind of "gills" on a baby Where did you get your facts?
A fish has gills, a human being has lungs so where did the gill thing come from? I've looked through a couple of my medical books and I see nothing that says anything about any kind of gills.
This is the definition of the lungs and if you don't understand some of the words then, you will have to look them up.

The Lungs are a pair of hollow outgrowths from the foregut, tied by the hypoblast and covered by mesoblast. The first indication of them is a dorso-vetral elongation of the primitive esophagus; a cross section at this stage is somewhat hour-glass is form. The dorsal widening of the hour-glass remains as the gullet; the ventral develops into the trachea and bronchi.
There's more but I think this gives you an idea about the development of a child's breathing aparatus during the developmental stage of a baby in utero

Answer 3

I am not sure why this is asked of Christians but the theory of gill slits has been around forever and if it is true it would only stand to reason that the fetus is living in liquid for 40 odd weeks.

Answer 4

Doctors aren't allowed to preform abortions when the fetus is over 16 weeks. And the only reason they will give a late term abortion is because of medical issues with the mother or fetus.

Answer 5

I'm probably one of the only folks posting here that's taken Embryology (4 grueling months of it -- with dissection), so I feel capable of answering:

Human fetuses do NOT have rudimentary gill slits; this is a blatent falsehood. It is not proven visually, microscopically, or anatomically.

If you want to know more, you can read any authoritative embryology textbook, or this: www.rae.org/gillslit.html

(I assume you were trying to prove evolution from this question?)

Answer 6

I'm not a christian, but I don't see how that's relevant to answering your question. They aren't "gill slits"; they are the folds of tissue that form into mouth, nose, and lower jaw, and are only present for a short time very early in pregnancy (about the 4th week, IIRC.)

Answer 7

what does this have to do with Christians? does the bible say something about the human fetus not having gill slits?

Answer 8

I am a muslim can ı answer?

ıf yes : because most probably the evolution is true for the body. because in The quran you can find god saying "... once you were inferior then human..."
ı think that means we were not human once open a time but god give something from himself and become a human. damn mean is you get away from god and you become an animal again. And in quran god says he damned some people and made them monkeys..... we are little poor about science men because we are poor civilizations other wise most probably some muslims should opeb up these words and explain to all the world but what to do, you people keep sucking our bloods.

Answer 9

God designed people like that so arrogant heathen punks would use it as "evidence" that God does not exist. It's just another of the things God uses to help Him decide who to send to hell, but don't worry, all your arrogant heathen friends will be roasting there with you so at least you won't be lonely in your punishment...

Answer 10

If they were gill slits wouldnt they turn into gills??

And we dont have gills..the last I looked...so how on earth could these be gill slits?