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,i>But if plants need insects to pollinate to reproduce, isn't this a problem?

No. Why do you assume that early plants must use the same mechanism (insects) as modern ones?

67 posted on 02/25/2006 7:00:30 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
Why do you assume that early plants must use the same mechanism (insects) as modern ones?

I guess I just did. (Your comment here is to a post I made one year ago.)

Certainly any that rely solely on insects for polination could not begin to "evolve" into other types of plants until there would be insects around.

ML/NJ

78 posted on 02/26/2006 6:23:07 AM PST by ml/nj
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