Any prediction of a high correlation between closeness of kin and closeness of anatomcal features must also factor in the effects of distance and time and the resultant variability of environmental pressures acting on populations. This is why whales look like fish but are more closely related to man and why some birds have lost the ability to fly but swim beautifully. As I said earlier, evolution has no direction. It is merely a result. Theoretically environmental factors may act on genetically disimilar populations and result in similar anatomical outcomes. Genetically more similar populations in other areas may be unaffected by these pressures. These concepts are not difficult to understand. Evolution is a process with no purpose. We are more likely the result of chance and natural selection than the creation of a magical god. I have no predetermined commitment to the theory of evolution - it is not a religion, just an explanation. Provide a better explanation to fit the evidence and I will believe it. Evolution simply makes more sense to me than believing in supernatural causes. I do not suggest that the process of evolution is simple and that all is known. However science has a very good track record of discovery, far better than religion. Trusting that science with find the truth doesn't require any faith, just appreciation of the efforts of many dedicated scientists and the knowledge that they are on the job. So when I write that your point do not cause me the least of concerns it is because either the effects are easily explained by current scientific knowledge, or will be the subject of more investigation but it doesn't in any way move me in the direction of accepting supernatural explanations (until you provide some credible evidence).
Any prediction of a high correlation between closeness of kin and closeness of anatomcal features must also factor in the effects of distance and time and the resultant variability of environmental pressures acting on populations. This is why whales look like fish but are more closely related to man and why some birds have lost the ability to fly but swim beautifully. As I said earlier, evolution has no direction. It is merely a result. Theoretically environmental factors may act on genetically disimilar populations and result in similar anatomical outcomes. Genetically more similar populations in other areas may be unaffected by these pressures. These concepts are not difficult to understand. Evolution is a process with no purpose. We are more likely the result of chance and natural selection than the creation of a magical god. I have no predetermined commitment to the theory of evolution - it is not a religion, just an explanation. Provide a better explanation to fit the evidence and I will believe it. Evolution simply makes more sense to me than believing in supernatural causes. I do not suggest that the process of evolution is simple and that all is known. However science has a very good track record of discovery, far better than religion. Trusting that science with find the truth doesn't require any faith, just appreciation of the efforts of many dedicated scientists and the knowledge that they are on the job. So when I write that your point do not cause me the least of concerns it is because either the effects are easily explained by current scientific knowledge, or will be the subject of more investigation but it doesn't in any way move me in the direction of accepting supernatural explanations (until you provide some credible evidence).