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If the descendants are less advanced than the ancestors, can you call it evolution?
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1 comment:
"If the descendants are less advanced than the ancestors, can you call it evolution?"
Absolutely. You make the false assumption that evolution must follow a linear path from simplicity to complexity. This is simply not the case. Evolution merely states that life adapts to its environment. Things like "complexity" are irrelevant.
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