Interesting new whole prey item...

[formica]

evolution is a random system, operating within a random system - it may appear ordered in the time frame that humans are able to observe, but it is not actually ordered at all

remember Entropy, all things move from Order, to Chaos, evolution is bound by the law of entropy just as everything else is from particals to humans to solar systems.

that said, we are treading very close to semantics here - some meanings of the word Evolution could be said to indicate that it is not random, for eg when humans catalog the evolution of a particular species into a list, however thats half the problem that both myself and smy where eluding to in our previous posts, human perspective on what is useful, positive, negative and beneficial are of no consequence to evolution