From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/15/25 7:53 PM, MarkE wrote:   
   > Larry Moran offers this analysis:   
   >   
   > "...A small number of these neutral mutations will become fixed in the   
   > population and it's these fixed mutations that produce most of the   
   > changes in the genome of evolving populations. According to the neutral   
   > theory of population genetics, the number of fixed neutral mutations   
   > corresponds to the mutation rate. Thus, in every evolving population   
   > there will be 100 new fixed mutations per generation. This means that   
   > fixation of 22 million mutations would take 220,000 generations. The   
   > average generation time of humans and chimps is 27.5 years so this   
   > corresponds to about 6 million years. That's close to the time that   
   > humans and chimps diverged according to the fossil record. What this   
   > means is that evolutionary theory is able to explain the differences in   
   > the human genome—it has explanatory power."   
   > https://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2025/12/how-many-regulatory-sites-in-   
   > human.html   
      
   Humans evolved so much because we evolved under a Distributive Computing   
   model. It wasn't time -- or not just time -- it's that "the problem" of   
   our evolution was being worked on by numerous populations,   
   simultaneously.   
      
   You are obviously "Classically Trained," and I do mean "Trained."   
      
   You think in terms of linear models. And this is not how nature works.   
      
   Sorry.   
      
   "Evolution" isn't only in one direction, time isn't the only factor.   
      
   Necessity is a massive factor.   
      
   Take a population well adapted to an environment and then change that   
   environment. If and only if that population has the genetic capacity   
   to adapt, it will leave descendants... it will evolve. DNA that   
   previously lay on the on the fringes can "Take over," so to speak, in   
   a single generation... no "Clock like" changes.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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