[tallhappy]

There is no single set of criteria

OK. There we go.

The distinctions you are making are understandable and generally known, they are pragmatic and practical but artificial and done for the facilitation of discussion and presentation.

Evolution comes from the root to roll or unroll. Evolution is a continuum and is studying how life as it exists now unrolled. This goes all the way to its initial origin.

[js1138]

Evolution comes from the root to roll or unroll.

But this is not how Darwinian evolution works. This is a key question. Are you asserting that species are prefigured?

[Dimensio]

Evolution comes from the root to roll or unroll. Evolution is a continuum and is studying how life as it exists now unrolled. This goes all the way to its initial origin.

You are incorrect. Reproduction is a crucial component of evolution. As the origin of replicating life must, by necessity, involve at least one step when no replicating entities it logically follows that the mechanisms of the theory of evolution cannot apply and, as such, the theory cannot explain that process.

I stated that reproduction is a necessary element for evolution in my previous posting. I do not know why you have chosen to ignore that point.