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> > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129542.500?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2014-0130-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS& > >  >  > >Xeno: This directly undermines the idea that natural selection is incapable of massive, rapid changes in the development of an organism.  If, given enough pressure, a bone cell can be coaxed into a neuron, or skin cell, or an eye cell... then it stands to reason that the same plasticity applies to the entire organism. >  > That may explain changes, but it does not explain the innovation of new &apos;designs&apos; that would require an influx of new information.-Naw.  Just takes enough variability in the genome, and while I&apos;m getting ready to make an epic post, here&apos;s a prelude:  Mutations to regulatory genes are nowhere near as deleterious as mutations to protein-coding genes.  And they occur with far more frequency.  So any organism that walks the path of regulatory evolution (such as ourselves) don&apos;t have to worry near as much about random errors, as those organisms that are purely protein-coded... such as bacteria.