> To: molecular-evolution at net.bio.net
> > In article <Oct.4.13.34.13.1993.28870 at flounder.rutgers.edu> Mark
Hilton,
> > xenith at flounder.rutgers.edu writes:
> > >Is it a possibility or a fact that all life will eventually
evolve
> Bacteria are the most evolved organisms because they've been
evolving
> for the longest time. ;-)
>Really? Hasn't everything been evolving for the same length of time?
B-| And aren't bacteria actually the most primitive because they more
closely resemble organisms present near the origin of life? B-)
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