It is time to move on from homology in comparative biology.

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The continued use of the idea of homology is questionable on philosophical and scientific grounds. It is based on the widespread idea that a "homologue" in extant taxa can be "traced back" to a feature in common ancestor. In contrast, Richard Owen, who first used the term in 1846, saw homology (homologue) differently, as "sameness": "the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function."...

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