There is no serious theory of evolution that states what you said in your post 21 to this thread. It essentially the argument that once you're born, your parents die.We did not descend from monkeys or apes. The deal is that if we evolved, so did they, so we would be looking at evolved species for both, not at the evolved species and the non-evolved species.
I've compared it to other ridiculous interpretations of evolution posted on other threads by other FReepers for the purpose of illustrating common misperceptions of the theory. However, I'll happily withdraw the fish and dinosaur examples as applying to you. I'm glad to discover you consider them straw men. They are exactly that.
Thanks. I am, however, interested in the evolution of thinking on the nature of the State. The biological analogy is one of the possible ones, but ultimately not the most fruitful.