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		sageikosa on April 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moore's Law and the Origin of Life You mean to tell me evolution isn't about "progress"? ;-)

writtles on April 19, 2013 [–]

But there has to be some characteristic that certain species required many evolutionary "steps" to get to. For example, there were no humans OR poplars one billion years ago nor the possibility yet since their / our ancestors hadn't yet made the scene.

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