ain't she cute?

Right off the bat I know this post is probably going to offend many but perhaps those with an evolutionary sense of humor can appreciate it. This baby wombat was rescued from the pouch of its mother. The mother had been run over by a car and a passing motorist retrieved the baby from her pouch. An organization in Australia is nursing the baby, named Karmann, and keeping her well as she grows to maturity. Here's the story and more pictures if you're interested. That's all well and good.

But why do wombat babies look so much like human babies? One brain, two ears, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, two arms (ulna & radius included), two hands, ten fingers, two legs (complete with fibula & tibia), two feet, ten toes, a backbone, on and on we could go... and this one is definitely a girl. Does anyone else see this? Maybe we humans are not so unique after all? That's not to say we don't have many more advantages in life than wombats.

Comparisons of wombat and human DNA would show us why the similarities exist. Humans and mammals share over 90% of the same genetic makeup. Either God thought DNA discovery in the 20th century would make for interesting conversation and bewilderment as humans tried to understand what the heck was he thinking when he created the world... or evolution really is true and our future is in our own hands. (Both could be true, but what kind of a god do we have then?)