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dvunkannon



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(Permalink) Posted: Dec. 15 2012,09:25   

http://www.biology-direct.com/content....bstract

Analysis of 120 archaeal genomes shows that the Last Common Ancestor was more complex than archaea today, and that gene loss dominates over genetic addition by 4:1. Similar results for a comparable set of bacteria.

I say - what you would expect if a generalist ancestor split into many specialist descendants to exploit niches. Not evidence of The Fall, or Noah's Flood.

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I’m referring to evolution, not changes in allele frequencies. - Cornelius Hunter
I’m not an evolutionist, I’m a change in allele frequentist! - Nakashima

  
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