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About New Lamarckian Synthesis Theory

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12-04-2012 12:24 PM 		Reply to: Message 245 by RAZD
12-04-2012 1:53 AM

Re: science versus opinions
RAZD writes:
This is confused thinking -- mutations do not turn up because they are needed or could be useful. Nor does the appearance of a mutation in one species mean that it should occur in any other species: that would in fact be quite an extraordinary event.
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Says it all in a nutshell. Parallel evolution is very rare and noteworthy. And even then it is never exactly the same.
- xongsmith, 5.7d
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