# Symbiosis does not develop over time

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 3, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbiosis-does-not-develop-over-time/660054 "2013-06-03T18:29:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbiosis-does-not-develop-over-time/660054/12 "2013-06-03T19:50:38Z")

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> [@XT](#):
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> Kind of an odd question, and I’m not sure why this wasn’t allowed in GQ since it’s a GQ type question.

This was the OPs original post on the subject in GQ, in a [thread about pollination](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=692744):

> [@Did Flowering Plants Evolve Because of Insects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-flowering-plants-evolve-because-of-insects/660014/7):
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> The nature of symbiotic relationships is that both parties must have come into existence simultaneously. This is an argument for creation, and not evolution, obviously.

Since he seems to be developing a pattern of hijacking threads on evolution in GQ into a discussion of creationism, I told him to take further discussion to Great Debates. The question is an attempt to support creationism.

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