Quote Originally Posted by AWellArmedCat View Post
Evolution can't be "predated" as it's a natural process, not a discrete event that occurred in the past. Everything organic or otherwise that accumulates any amount of change over time is considered to be evolving. The significance of each accumulated change determines the length of time necessary to observe significant deviation from a given ancestor. For humans the accumulated changes are very small and difficult to observe until you view things on the scale of thousands of years. Make no mistake though, we are still evolving
Okay, then that evolution is a directed process with already pre-established goals or results. Did the "idea" of, for example, a cow, exist before cows actually appeared on the Earth? What if it even existed before the universe came into existence?