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Originally Posted by Honus
To me, that means that a full understanding of evolution requires a full understanding of whatever cataclysms may have interrupted the evolutionary process. Based on my amateur's understanding, living things are thought to evolve in response to their surroundings. If those surroundings are stable for a few thousand years (or whatever period), then altered by a cataclysm, then I would expect the evolutionary process to change directions.
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You used two separate terms. I do not believe that any cataclysmic event interrupted anything. I believe it is more accurate to say that the cataclysmic event(s) altered the path of evolution.
Perhaps a small distinction of words but one with drastically different implications.
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