[detourdog]

1. Each generation was a branch based on the reaction not necessarily a genetic mutation as we understand them.

2. I'm not sure if that is what I said but I believe that. * I did state it but I plead sloppy articulation rathe than believe each branch is a genetic mutation(an increment smaller than a mutation).

3. I figured it was far enough away to be a valid timeframe for sophisticated consciousness but not so close that the thread would be distracted by historical interpretations.

4.Something manifested consciousness and my thinking it based on some sort of survival reward system.

5.A genome maybe too much for a consciousness.