From: John Cuccia 

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:02:30 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:ff8dg1tn5rgjtl3cc04iou3uqppusfb3lb{at}4ax.com...
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>> >Devolution= man becoming monkey. More fit to survive being replaced by
>less
>> >fit to survive.
>>
>> Impossible by definition, of course.
>
>Not impossible, whitness the rise of mamals over reptiles after the meteor
>strike. It's not impossible that some rare event could cause temporary
>circumstances that create a period of devolution for some species,
>especially if the event is localized.

The result of the meteor strike isn't devolution, it is mass extinction. 
They are different.

>But more importantly, the fact that you consider it impossible by definition
>means you agree that evolution has a direction.

No, it means that fitness trumps non-fitness.

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