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It's only a logical fallacy if it is taken to be the entirety of the argument rather than an abbreviated representation of a longer chain of reasoning. I don't think anyone would claim that sentence is self-evidently true!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymelia

That's a birth defect, not applicable.

According to scientific evolutionary dogma, all mutations are birth defects.

Shit, all life is a birth defect? Explains a lot.

in the limit the distinction between something that is learned and something that is programmed genetically is somewhat a matter of definitions. if a species genes makes it so they create a complex social web that teaches all its individuals certain skills, is that genetically programmed or not?

free will wouldn't even change that, since it's presumably also given by our genes.

Try this one: we observe complex instinctual behaviors in most animals on this planet. Therefore it follows that humans are special and have no complex instinctual behaviors.