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Is Evolution Reversible

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Larni

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Message 43 of 49 (511183)
06-07-2009 1:04 PM

Reply to: Message 19 by doc
05-24-2009 11:57 AM

doc writes:

If it's very, very unlikely for evolution to go "backwards" then it's also....snip

Sabre tooth traits have evolved and been lost several time in mammalian evolution. From creodonts to nmravis to cats to Thylacosmilus.

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06-10-2009 6:40 AM

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06-10-2009 5:35 AM

I'm not sure that 'loss' in this case is really what happened.

Yeah, see you point; I did not word that very well. What I think I meant to say was that sabre teeth come and go over time, rather than evolution having to 'go backwards'.

Now I think I'm starting to confuse myself.

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