[Southack]

"That's not an answer. Alligator is not a species designation. The species of alligator alive today were not around 150 million years ago. So I ask again, what *species* are you talking about that has remained virtually unchanged over the last 200 million years?"

Of course it's an answer. You're pretending to be dense. I'm going along with your gag. It's that whole "humor" thing. You should try it.

Pick a species. Say Crocodylia. Whatever of it is alive today has remained virtually unchanged for vast amounts of time.

You know this. I know this. You can *pretend* that some semantical issue warrants debate, but you are merely prolonging your inevitable loss of (probably) yet another debate.

Your call. Keep pretending. Keep nitpicking semantics. Won't matter. Won't help you.

So please, carry on dear sir.

[js1138]

Pick a species. Say Crocodylia. Whatever of it is alive today has remained virtually unchanged for vast amounts of time. That says nothing about mutation rate.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Of course it's an answer."

No it isn't. You didn't say what species you were talking about.

"You're pretending to be dense."

You're not pretending. You don't seem to know what a species is.

"Pick a species. Say Crocodylia."

Crocodylia isn't a species.

"You know this. I know this. You can *pretend* that some semantical issue warrants debate, but you are merely prolonging your inevitable loss of (probably) yet another debate."

Look, you are the one who said that *the species* is the same today as it was 200 million years ago, virtually unchanged. I asked you to name this mythical species that has lasted 200 million years. You have only answered with evasions and insults. It's clear you aren't capable of answering the question.

Alligator is not the name of a species.

"Your call. Keep pretending. Keep nitpicking semantics. Won't matter. Won't help you."

It's not nitpicking when you can't even distinguish between a Species and an Order.

Keep flailing about. It's fun to watch you sink under the weight of your own hubris.