# Symbiosis does not develop over time

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**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 4, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbiosis-does-not-develop-over-time/660054/41 "2013-06-04T02:34:43Z")

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> [@reef\_shark](#):
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> I will consider any citations or evidence that are provided here, and it will be appreciated.

You pretty much ignore citations and evidence, so we know this is not the case.

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> Here’s an OT question, would you accept fossil records as evidence of a flood?

The vast majority of fossils were not deposited in floods. Most fossils are marine, and were deposited in still waters, not in turbulent waters as in floods. Some fossils are found in sandstones deposited by wind in deserts, and not by water at all.

> [@reef\_shark](#):
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> Just to be clear, symbiosis is not the same as mutualism.

Please explain clearly exactly how it differs.

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