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It's also a giant leap from morganucodon to homo sapiens, which is to say it's a vast amount of tiny leaps over eons.

Yes; however, the mechanism of one is well documented and understood and comes with a predictive theory, while the other is so far just speculation of somone on the Internet.

While I'm flattered that you think I could have come up with it, I must confess it wasn't my idea https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14694-superstitions-e...

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