"Were they still fruit flies?"
Yes, but if you think you are making any debate points you obviously don't know what evolution is.
Evolution does not state that a fruit fly turns into a Thompson's Gazelle overnight.
Yes, but if you think you are making any debate points you obviously don't know what evolution is.
Then, obviously, they did not 'evolve'.
Are you the moderator? The obvious point is not that the fruit flies turned into gazelles but anything even remotely other than a fruit fly. The question is important, logical and well taken.