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... species , though merely by existing they may enrich the environment sufficiently to help other species to prosper , as the lowly plankton supports the sperm whale . Along only one route so far visible has organic evolution resulted in ...
... species , though merely by existing they may enrich the environment sufficiently to help other species to prosper , as the lowly plankton supports the sperm whale . Along only one route so far visible has organic evolution resulted in ...
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... Species ' and its successor , ' The Descent of Man , ' was something far more significant . Darwin , on the basis of his personal experience during the voyage of the ' Beagle , ' had assembled a great quantity of scattered data pointing ...
... Species ' and its successor , ' The Descent of Man , ' was something far more significant . Darwin , on the basis of his personal experience during the voyage of the ' Beagle , ' had assembled a great quantity of scattered data pointing ...
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... species , but his singular ability to assemble a great mass of observations about particular events of the most varied nature . Despite the insufficiency of any one set of observa- tions to account for the evolution of life , the total ...
... species , but his singular ability to assemble a great mass of observations about particular events of the most varied nature . Despite the insufficiency of any one set of observa- tions to account for the evolution of life , the total ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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