Revisiting convergence (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, June 25, 2015, 15:25 (3199 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: I am also still puzzled by the quote: “all of life's most important innovations were in existence by around 3.5 billion years ago”. Since you have not commented on this, may I assume you are as puzzled as I am?-DAVID: I didn't think it needed comment as I interpret that he is referring to the complexity of the single cell which arrived at about that time. -So do you think the complexity of the first single cells constitutes “all of life's most important innovations”? I thought you thought the purpose of evolution was to produce humans. Ah well, if brains and hearts and sexual organs and eyes and ears are not among the most important innovations, I guess humans are secondary in importance to bacteria. I'm sure bacteria would agree if they thought in those terms.


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