From: Tim Boyer 

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:31:41 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:dcmhg1pkfv4kco20obnn434dimbrsobqa6{at}4ax.com...
>
>> I don't think the word "devolution" has any meaning;
that is, it's a
>> nonsense word, something we made up for sake of argument.
>>
>> With respect to evolution, there are only viable and non-viable
>> mutations.
>
>Are you saying that neanderthal man couldn't survive in todays world?
>
>This is where i have a problem with the "evolution tries all
possibilities"
>in that it never seems to try backtracking. I mean somewhere sometime there
>had to be something that was previous to what exists today that is now
>viable again.
>
>Ok, perfect example, why haven't dinosaurs reappeared? I mean if a meteor
>knocked them out, now that the air is clear and things are returning to the
>same temperature ranges and such, why haven't they reappeared?
>
>Geo.
>

Because something else evolved to take up their niche.

Pesky mammals...

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