> In article <MAILQUEUE-101.931011105143.568 at micro.uct.ac.za>
ed at micro.uct.ac.za
> writes:
> >> 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-)
> Being a microbiologist, Ed, you don't really BELIEVE that bacteria are
the most
> primitive, do you? How could anything so "primitive" have evolved a
myriad of
> biosynthethic pathways .... bacteria are at the pinnacle, wouldn't you
say?
No, otherwise I WOULD have...! People, regard: B-)
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