To: Brumar89 who wrote (6488 ) 6/4/2010 12:37:38 PM From: LLCF Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300 <You get more and more ridiculous in your avoidance of simple questions.> Thanks for linking in... as usual that produces the truth... as you admitted later the questions was ACTUALLY NOT that at all... it was this: "needed by Darwinian process" and NOT: "needed" So yea, I'm guilty of qualifying statements and steering your careening posts back in line. :) I see now after much blithering, claiming to having asked a certain questions (2X) WHEN YOU HADNT (making you a liar, as you never took it back) and after much patience and steering of the conversation back on line by me we FINALLY have something that makes SOME sense: Q: <So how does this evo-devo explain mutations occuring before they're needed by the Darwinian process?> However, since you probably DONT KNOW what "Darwinian process" is, as I've asked you 2 or 3 times now (yea, right... what was that about answering simple questions??? Gefaw!) you haven't shown the ability to continue... however for the board that MIGHT be actually interested in evolution (and know the term) itself rather than simply an outlet for a religious crusade: A: "Epigenetics": <<In biology, and specifically genetics, epigenetics is the study of inherited changes in phenotype (appearance) or gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence, hence the name epi- (Greek: ep?- over, above) -genetics.>> en.wikipedia.org See also "modern day neo-Lamarkians". As usual, this has all been talked about, linked in through countless papers and books RIGHT HERE ON THIS THREAD for a number of YEARS. Apparently you didn't read ANY of it. :)) SURPISE! NOT! DAK