If age comes before evolution (there's a joke there somewhere) and time is removed from the argument for evolution, then why can't the process of evolution be demonstrated in a lab?
And, by the way, what is the scientific formula for evolution?
Got to be reducible to an equation for it to be true science.
I'm not sure I follow what you are trying to say. Age comes before evolution simply means that scientists were aware of the great age of the earth before Darwin put together the theory of evolution. We cannot separate the age of the earth from evolution, the changes in species takes too long for us to see even a tiny portion. What we can do is take snippets of time by examining the organisms around us. There are species that exhibit just about every intermediate function/feature we have questions about.
"And, by the way, what is the scientific formula for evolution?
There is not one but many mathematical models used in the evolutionary sciences. In addition, every decision made that places a given species at a specific spot in the phylogenetic tree, or a link determined between two species is based on statistical analysis.
"Got to be reducible to an equation for it to be true science.
This is simply not true.