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Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and as we do not see the cause, we invoke cataclysms to desolate the world, or invent laws on the duration of the forms of life!
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species
natural-selection
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Charles Darwin |
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Knowing someone who belongs to another species can enlarge your soul in surprising ways.
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learning
inspirational
self-growth
species
soul
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Sy Montgomery |
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Mary and Thatcher had lived in enviable times, when biologists were discovering new species right and left, not watching them go extinct.
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species
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Barbara Kingsolver |
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As a species they were therefore probably doomed. And so the only real adaptive strategy, for the individual, was to do one's best to secure one's own position. And sometimes that meant a little strategic defection.
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humanity
species
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
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"Pardon me, sir," Prudence said, directing her words and her placid gaze precisely at Professor Peck, "if I understand you correctly, it seems you have identified the different textures of human hair as evidence that Negroes, Indians, Orientals, and the white man are all members of different species. But I cannot help but wonder at your supposition. On this very estate, sir, we raise several varieties of sheep. Perhaps you noticed them as you came up the drive earlier this evening? Some of our sheep have silken hair, some have coarse hair, and some have dense woolen curls. Surely, sir, you would not doubt that- despite their differences in coats- they are all sheep. And if you'll excuse me, I believe that all these varieties of sheep can also be interbred successfully with one another. Is it not the same with man? Could one not, then, the argument that Negroes, Indians, Orientals, and the white man are also all one species?"
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same
prudence-whittaker
species
sheep
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Elizabeth Gilbert |
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Az, hogy ez a konyv kifejezetten egy faj helyzetevel foglalkozik - az emberi fajeval -, semmit nem jelent e faj fontossagat tekintve. Persze az ember valoban kulonleges. A ket fule kozott a bolygo legbonyolultabb biologiai gepezetet hordozza. A komlexitas azonban nem minden, es nem az evolucio celja. Ezen a bolygon minden faj egyedulallo. A paratlansag itt tulkinalatban levo arucikk.
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evolúció-genes
gének
species
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Matt Ridley |