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No it can't. There were only many small adaptions, not stages. Stages also suggests that there is a next stage to evolve to which is not correct.

• Kip9000 10y ago
  You are conflating 'evolution is directionless' with 'no stages'. Stages can only be seen when looking back at the evolutionary history. For example: Study reveals human body has gone through four stages of evolution (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/bu-srh083115.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/bu-srh083115....) http://www.pnas.org/content/112/37/11524.abstract http://www.pnas.org/content/112/37/11524.abstract
  • eru 10y ago
    Stages are a human abstraction that help us understand and make sense.
    • Kip9000 10y ago
      You can say that for just about everything
• jacquesm 10y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium