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Re:Algorithm discovers how six molecules could evolve into l... by vmception on Sunday October 04, 2020 @01:46PM (#24680808)
not simple, just not fossilized. complex things would not have been fossilized if they were not in an area conducive to fossilization. natural selection assumes rapid iteration, so for every evolution tree, you have to imagine thousands of more variants at each step, not shown and not fossilized.
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Re:Algorithm discovers how six molecules could evolve into l... by paulryanrogers on Sunday October 04, 2020 @10:37PM (#24684053)
Yeah I was thinking I should've written 'fragile'. And many environments aren't suited to preserving evidence for billions of years.
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