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bianco on Feb 18, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Has human evolution stopped?

I have a dumb question: how can a theory stop?

endtime on Feb 18, 2009 [–]

Evolution is a process. Processes can stop. No one is suggesting that the theory of evolution has stopped; as you point out, that would not be a meaningful statement.

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