"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Jennifer A. Clack, a Cambridge University expert on tetrapod evolution, said of Tiktaalik, It's one of those things you can point to and say, "I told you this would exist," and there it is.
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